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    A Letter Box for Hellgate

    A Letter Box for Hellgate

    Jess · 1961 · mixed media ·  Accession ID  2008.83.1

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    This painting features several objects on a low table. Three books are stacked, with two standing upright and one placed flat horizontally on top of them. On the topmost book is a small blue vase full of flowers, and on the table next to the books are two lit red candles. There is a colorful disc hanging on the wall to the right, seen from the side, and in the upper left corner is an outline of the brow and eye of a human in profile. A dotted line travels from left to right, connecting the eye to the disc hanging across from it, and then the line continues in the other direction to the books on the table. The background is thickly painted in different colorful sections that appear to be textured, with small lumps protruding from the surface. The colors include several shades of brown and green, along with orange, yellow, pale pink, and light teal.
    Jess, Ex. 5 - Mind's I: Translation #12, 1965, oil on canvas on wood, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 1997.79.1

    Ex. 5 - Mind's I: Translation #12

    Ex. 5 - Mind's I: Translation #12

    Jess · 1965 · oil on canvas on wood ·  Accession ID  1997.79.1

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