Seduction

Mohamed Melehi · 1975

Before you is Seduction — a painting by Mohamed Melehi, nineteen seventy-five. The piece is lacquer on board, about 1 by 1.1 meters. Measured, it is among the most saturated surfaces in this museum — 65 where the typical work sits at 11.

Medium Lacquer on board · Dimensions 39 3/8 × 43 1/4" (100 × 109.9 cm) · Credit Gift of Sandra and Tony Tamer

Hanging beside it in Gallery 415: Acrylic No. 3, Turnsole

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Concrete 61, Untitled, Woman with Pails: Dynamic Arrangement, Poetic Shelter, Synchromy in Dark Blue, Cut-out Frame no. 2