Sky Movie

1974

Yvonne Jacquette

Associated Names
Yvonne Jacquette

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows rectangular panels resembling airplane windows, displaying various views of the sky from an aerial perspective. Some panels show a faint horizon with a transition between the blue sky and clouds below. Delicate brushstrokes and a soft pencil technique depict the airy quality of the clouds and sky. The color palette includes soft blues, grays, and whites, conveying the serene and expansive sky. The composition suggests a sequence of the sky during a flight, moving from left to right with glimpses of clouds and variations in the sky's tone.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 248, no. 1647.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Sky Move 1974; lower right in graphite: Yvonne Jacquette; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 21E

Wikidata ID

Q64649373

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