Le Semeur/Sunlight and Flies
Date1984-2002
Label TextPethick was a bold sculptor whose agglomerations of strange and often scrap materials predict much of what we find in today's contemporary scene. This monumental work refers in its pose to Jean-François Millet's famous painting "Le Semeur" (The Sower) from 1850, and as Pethick was also an early proponent of ecological issues, it is intriguing to see his "recycled" glass bottles as perhaps a talisman for sowing the seeds of environmental awareness.
Object number2008.65
ProvenanceThe artist; estate of the artist; [Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC]; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum (funds from Hugh Brady, Port Arena, California; Nancy and Bruce McDonald, Tacoma, WA; Richard Nagler, Piedmont, CA; Geoffrey and LInda Tootell, San Jose, CA; John Day, Medford, OR; George Parsons, Honolulu, HI; Judson Parsons and Diana Gardener, Silverton, OR; Alice Petrich, Federal Way, WA), December 19, 2008
Photo CreditImage courtesy of Catriona Jeffries Gallery
Exhibition HistoryParis, France, Galerie Crousel Robelin BAMA, "La Dot / Transition in Progress", March - April, 1986
New York, New York, 49th Parallel Gallery, May 1986
Napa, California, Copia, the American Centre for Wine, Food, and the Arts, 2002
Vancouver, British Columbia, Jerry Pethick, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, September-October 2008
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Parts to Whole," January 2010-July 2011Published ReferencesJerry Pethick, La Dot / Transition in Progress, Galerie BAMA and 49th Parallel, Paris and New York, 1986, pp 18-20Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Parsons Family, Benaroya Glass Art Acquisition Fund and Mark Tobey Estate Fund
Dimensions94 1/2 x 48 x 43 1/4 in. (240 x 121.9 x 109.9 cm)
MediumGlass bottles, silicone, rubber corks, aluminum, surveillance mirror
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