Accession Number1983/2.78
TitleIlluminated Landscape
Artist(s)Chet Harmon La MoreArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1950Medium & Supportaquatint and etching on paperDimensions 12 1/2 in x 14 5/8 in (31.75 cm x 37.15 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary T. LaMoreLabel copyBased on the painting in the exhibition by the same name, this rich etching and aquatint explores the same composition reinterpreted in another medium. The aquatint is used to create a composition of richly nuanced tonalities, maintaining the dream-like setting of the painting, albeit now purely monochromatic.
Label copy from exhibition "Dreamscapes: The Surrealist Impulse," August 22 - October 25, 1998
Subject matterChet LaMore was an American artist and art critic, as well as a former University of Michigan Professor of Art, who concentrated on painting. This etching shows an abstract landscape with a night's sky. Its dream-like feeling is built through subtle differences in the shades of grey.
Physical DescriptionThis print has an abstract, monotone composition of irregular shapes set against a dark background. Two stars are at the top of the print alongside a white orb that looks like a moon. The print is numbered (l.l.) "15/20", titled (l.c.) "Illuminated Landscape" and signed (l.r.) "Chet La More" in pencil.
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Landscapes
Surrealism
abstraction
modern and contemporary art
moons
night
sky
stars
stars (extraterrestrial bodies)