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Obra originalFirmada
inferior derechoMedidas sin marco
24 x 16 in(60,96 x 40,64 cm)
Medidas con marco
29 x 21 in(73,66 x 53,34 cm)
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excelenteDescripción de la obra
Cleve GRAY
(1918-2004)
Study for Threnody (a 28 panel painting in Neuberger Museum (1973)
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Threnody (1973-74) is a 250-foot-wide site-specific painting created by Cleve Gray for the opening of the Neuberger Museum of Art.
At that time, college students across the country were demonstrating against the conflict in Vietnam, a war that they felt to be unjust and inhumane. Gray, an anti-war supporter, saw this as an opportunity to express his hope for humanity’s spiritual and emotional healing. Threnody is a lament for the dead on both sides of the war. Although the theme of Threnody was conditioned by current events, Gray sought a more reconciliatory image and mood. Somber grounds of red, black, green and violet delineate the four walls in the space that he envisioned as a cathedral. Tall vertical forms engaged in a “dance of death and life” draw the eye upward, taking full advantage of the monumentality of the gallery.
Purchase College, State University of New York website