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Dorothea RockburneWW-1972-007256

1972·Relief etching and aquatint with graphite and white oil paint on folded Strathmore rag paper·Sheet: 39 3/4 × 30 1/16 in. (101 × 76.4 cm)

John B. Turner Fund, 2015

Catalogue

Year: 1972
Medium: Relief etching and aquatint with graphite and white oil paint on folded Strathmore rag paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 39 3/4 × 30 1/16 in. (101 × 76.4 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Dorothea Rockburne

Artist

Dorothea Rockburne

Painting

Dorothea Rockburne is a Canadian abstract painter, drawing inspiration primarily from her deep interest in mathematics and astronomy. Her work is geometric and abstract, seemingly simple but very precise to reflect the mathematical concepts she strives to concretize. "I wanted very much to see the equations I was studying, so I started making them in my studio," she has said. "I was visually solving equations." Her attraction to Mannerism has also influenced her work.

Montreal, QC, Canada

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