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Landscape 31
196611 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (29.8 x 43.8 cm)
George Olson
United States
Object Type:
Drawing
Medium and Support:
Charcoal and wash
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.265
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
One of the most frightening notions tied to modern technology is that its evolution exists outside the control of man. In Landscape 31, artist George Olson creates a landscape in which discarded mass-produced goods obliterate any view of the sky, grass, or trees.
[label text for Modern Icon: The Machine As Subject in American Art exhibition, February 3 – March 6, 2012]
[label text for Modern Icon: The Machine As Subject in American Art exhibition, February 3 – March 6, 2012]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
- Modern Icon: The Machine as Subject in American Art Memorial Art Gallery 2/3/2012 - 5/6/2012
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.