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Michelle Stuart, Turtle Pond, 1974

Images of Michelle Stuart, Turtle Pond

Michelle Stuart, American, b. 1938
Turtle Pond, 1974
Earth and graphite on muslin-mounted rag paper
96 × 62 1/8 in. (243.9 × 157.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Robert and Marlene Baumgarten, 1977.22
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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  • a body measured against the earth–
    A photo of a picturesque countryside with stone ruins features a dark, human-like form in the dry dirt.
    1. Long In this vertical photograph, the bottom half of the image is taken up by a gray stone maze and, in the foreground, dry gray dirt with extremely sparse grass. On the ground is a vaguely humanoid impression, with a head, two arms, and a torso. It appears to be made with some kind of liquid, creating a deeply saturated brown imprint in the arid soil. In the distance, behind the stone maze, are lush rolling hills and mountains covered in dense foliage including one large tree. The top of the photo is occupied by dense white clouds. The color of the photo is slightly desaturated, giving it an archaic, desolate feeling.
  • little lower layer–
    Dark gray, cloud-like shapes spread diffusely across a field of deep blue. Near the center, a starburst shape of deep red and orange emerges. Tiny white dots cover the entire image, occasionally connected to one another by faint dotted white lines.

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