Object Details
- Artist
- Teresita Fernández, born Miami, FL 1968
- Gallery Label
- Teresita Fernández made this artwork entirely of graphite, the same material found in pencils.
- Look closely and a horizon line across a large body of water begins to emerge amid the three sections of the artwork. The top part is very smooth, almost as if the graphite has been painted onto the surface. The middle layer of polished drips brings to mind water glistening in the moonlight. In the bottom section, chunky clumps suggest the land and look like graphite in its natural state beneath the earth.
- The luster of this piece is most evident if you consider it from various angles. "What animates that surface, in fact, is the viewer moving around it," said Fernández.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Copyright
- © 2010, Teresita Fernández
- 2010
- Object number
- 2012.38A-C
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture-Relief
- Medium
- solid graphite on panel
- Dimensions
- overall: 72 x 144 x 2 in. (182.9 x 365.8 x 5.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Record ID
- saam_2012.38A-C
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761f74cec-51af-413a-9324-c38ba3a7637a
