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Dualogue

Photo: Rob Vinnedge

Dualogue

1963

Leo Kenney

born 1925, Spokane, Washington; died Seattle, Washington, 2001

Kenney liked the relationship of the opposing areas of light and dark, calling it “opposition, provocation, deception.” Yet, much of the painting was the result of pure chance:

"I sat and looked at it for days. All of a sudden, I knew I had to make a rapport between the top and bottom elements. I did it by means of that sword. The tension wouldn’t work unless the sword was painted exactly and pointed precisely at the center of the upper element." (Leo Kenney)
Gouache on Chinese paper
41 5/8 x 23 1/2 in. (105.7 x 59.7 cm)
Overall: 42 1/2 × 24 5/8 in. (108 × 62.5 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
65.108
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryLa Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, "Leo Kenney - Celebrating the Mysteries: A Retrospective", June 2, 2000 - October 1, 2000

New York, New York, National Institute of Arts and Letters, "Award Winners Show", May 24 - June 25, 1967. Circuit: Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum Pavillion, San Francisco Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968. (1968)

Osaka, Japan, Washington State Pavillion, Expo '70, 1970. (1970)

Richland, Washington, Jaid Gallery, "Representative Exhibition Of Washington", Pavilion at Expo, 1970 (1970)

Bothell, Washington, Canyon Park Junior High, "Spring Show", 1971 (1971)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Leo Kenney Retrospective", 1973 (1973)

Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, "Art Of The Pacific Northwest From 1930s to the Present", February 8 - May 5, 1974: circuit to Seattle Art Museum, July 12 - August 25, and Portland Art Museum, Oregon, September 17 - October 13, 1974 (02/08/1974 - 05/05/1974)

Pullman, Washington, Washington State University Fine Arts Gallery, "Pacific Northwest Painters Invitational", April 14,- May 4, 1975.\ (04/14/1975 - 05/04/1975)

Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", October 2 - November 11, 1982, (10/02/1982 - 11/28/1982)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Center, Bumbershoot 1986, "Eccentric Satellites", August 29 - September 1, 1986, (08/29/1986 - 09/01/1986)

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