Perlman Teaching Museum - Untitled, watercolor of semi-abstracted buildings against a blue sky

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Untitled, watercolor of semi-abstracted buildings against a blue sky

July 2, 1962
20th century
14 1/4 in. x 21 1/2 in. (36.2 cm x 54.61 cm)

, German Democratic Republic

Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors

Creation Place: North America, United States

Medium and Support: watercolor on paper

Credit Line: Carleton College Art Collection

Accession Number: 1998.227

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20th Century, 21st Century, Contemporary*, paper (fiber product)*, watercolor (paint)*, watercolors (paintings)*

20th Century
21st Century
Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
watercolor (paint) - A transparent aqueous based paint produced by mixing ground pigments with water and, generally, gum arabic. Aqueous based paints made with vegetable gum binders were used by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artists for wall paintings. Japanese and Chinese painters extensively used watercolor paints on silk panels and delicate paper scrolls. In the 16th through18th century, watercolor paints were used for miniature illustrations on porcelain, ivory, cards, books and manuscripts. By the 18th and early 19th centuries, watercolors rapidly increased in popularity due to the availability of small cakes of watercolor paints in metal pans, usually applied to a paper support by using a brush.
watercolors (paintings) - Refers to two-dimensional works of art, usually on a paper support, to which pigment suspended in water is applied with a brush to create an image or design.