In the Great Hall

1990

American, born 1958

Asked about sources of influence for this hall, Jeffry Mitchell remembers "the fictitious French paper architect Boullee, an Ensor etching of a cathedral interior with a suspended basket of burning corpses, and the famous painting of Charles Wilson Peale pulling a curtain back to reveal a natural history museum." This watercolor was part of his planning for an installation in 1990 that emulated "the great hall in my mind. I always love architectural drawings and plans and the posture of architecture- arrogant-genius-macho-utopian-gloriously flawed."

Watercolor on paper

Comp. h. (Comp. h.): 38in. (96.5cm)

Frame h. (Frame h.): 52 1/4in. (132.7cm)

Comp. w. (Comp. w.): 25in. (63.5cm)

Frame w. (Frame w.): 36 3/4in. (93.4cm)

Gift of the Virginia Wright Fund

91.10

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Fresh Impressionism"
June 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008 (6/19/2008 - 9/21/2008)

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