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AdmittedR. H. Quaytman · 2008
This one's called iamb (The Limbo of Vanity): Chapter 12 — a painting by R. H. Quaytman, two thousand eight. Silkscreen: ink pushed through a stencilled mesh, one screen per colour, which is why the colour lies so flat. In the picture, look for the architectural plan and the war.
Medium Oil, silkscreen ink, and gesso on wood · Dimensions 32 3/8 x 52 3/8" (82.2 x 133 cm) · Credit The Pat Hearn and Colin de Land Acquisition Fund and Fund for the Twenty-First Century
Hanging beside it in Gallery 203: Thought Comes from the Body II, The Sun: Chapter 1
More by R. H. Quaytman here: iamb: Chapter 12, Excerpts and Exceptions, with Painting Rack, The Sun: Chapter 1, iamb (lateral inhibitions in the perceptual field): Chapter 12, iamb (lateral inhibitions in the perceptual field): Chapter 12, Optima: Chapter 3, iamb (blind smile): Chapter 12
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Catalogue record: MoMA Collection Notes written for momap — not MoMA curatorial text.