Accession Number
1895.97
Title
The Retreat
Artist(s)
Christian Adolf Schreyer
Object Creation Date
1855-1895
Christian Boltanski
Gilliam
Ben Shahn
The Picasso with the striped shirt
Redoubt
Accession Number
2008/2.225
Title
Redoubt
Artist(s)
Charles Clough
Object Creation Date
1990
Medium & Support
oil on canvas
Dimensions
6 ft. x 5 ft. 2 in. (182.88 x 157.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Label copy
Charles Clough
United States, born 1951
Redoubt
1990
Oil on canvas
2008/2.225
Subject matter
The word “redoubt” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as:
1. Fortification.
a. A small work projecting from or within a bastion or ravelin (now only in detached redoubt). In later use chiefly: an enclosed fieldwork or outwork, having little or no flanking defences.
b. An entrenched stronghold or refuge; = REDUIT n. 2.
2. fig. or in figurative context. A stronghold, retreat, or refuge.
3. a. An entertainment consisting of music and dancing, esp. a masked ball. Now hist.
b. A public assembly hall used for gambling and entertainments. Obs.
Physical Description
High-gloss abstract expressionist painting of a large Africa-shaped form in red against black ground. Clough’s unique way of applying paint to the canvas results in a highly articulated and densely textured surface. “In place of the brush and other typical painter's tools, Clough uses an instrument he calls the ‘Big Finger,’ a large balloon-like contraption that he invented to spread poured house enamel on masonite into broad gestural constellations.” (Max Henry, “charles clough,” http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/henry/henry2-5-99.asp)
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
abstract
Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary
Rights
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Keywords
Abstract Expressionist
oil painting (technique)
2008/2.225
Title
Redoubt
Artist(s)
Charles Clough
Object Creation Date
1990
Medium & Support
oil on canvas
Dimensions
6 ft. x 5 ft. 2 in. (182.88 x 157.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Label copy
Charles Clough
United States, born 1951
Redoubt
1990
Oil on canvas
2008/2.225
Subject matter
The word “redoubt” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as:
1. Fortification.
a. A small work projecting from or within a bastion or ravelin (now only in detached redoubt). In later use chiefly: an enclosed fieldwork or outwork, having little or no flanking defences.
b. An entrenched stronghold or refuge; = REDUIT n. 2.
2. fig. or in figurative context. A stronghold, retreat, or refuge.
3. a. An entertainment consisting of music and dancing, esp. a masked ball. Now hist.
b. A public assembly hall used for gambling and entertainments. Obs.
Physical Description
High-gloss abstract expressionist painting of a large Africa-shaped form in red against black ground. Clough’s unique way of applying paint to the canvas results in a highly articulated and densely textured surface. “In place of the brush and other typical painter's tools, Clough uses an instrument he calls the ‘Big Finger,’ a large balloon-like contraption that he invented to spread poured house enamel on masonite into broad gestural constellations.” (Max Henry, “charles clough,” http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/henry/henry2-5-99.asp)
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
abstract
Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Keywords
Abstract Expressionist
oil painting (technique)
