Magician's Scarecrow II by Dorr Bothwell

Magicians Scarecrow II by Dorr Bothwell

Magician's Scarecrow II

Dorr Bothwell

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Title

Magician's Scarecrow II

 
Artist

Dorr Bothwell

  1902 - 2000 (biography)
Year
1947  
Technique
color serigraph / screenprint 
Image Size
12 5/8 x 10" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
27 of 35  
Annotations
pencil titled, ll; pencil dated and editioned, lr 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
15814 
Price
$600.00 
Description

A fractal composition that reads like a stained glass, Dorr Bothwell's "Magician's Scarecrow" is an early Abstract take on the fantastic. Out of the controlled chaos of symbols and layered color fields emerges a form in the center-left, perhaps a bearded man; above him, a moon-like orb holding the faint outline of a bird superimposed over a wash of pink is caught in a black web.

By 1947 Dorr Bothwell, who had been formally pursuing art for over 25 years, had shed the realism and classical subject matter she had learned in order to fully delve into the abstract. By this time she referred to herself as a Symbolist and applied the theory to her abstracted compositions; as well, in many of these mid-century works there is abundant use of patterns that echo her time on the islands of American Samoa, where she learned about the textile production of the islanders.

 
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