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Label Text During the late 1940s, Sewell "Si" Sillman was a pupil of Bauhaus artist Josef Albers at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, and later followed Albers to Yale University. Sillman's paintings on Masonite reflect the teachings of Albers in their composition, while his watercolor drawings demonstate mastery in the application of line and color. This is among the first works by the artist to enter the collection. Source: News Jan Feb Mar 2019
DimensionsSheet: 29 1/2 × 41 3/4 in. (74.9 × 106 cm)
Image: 13 1/4 × 33 3/4 in. (33.7 × 85.7 cm)
Accession Number 2018.38
Classificationswork on paper
InscriptionsStart 14-X-89 Finish 28-X-89 (l,l graphite) #347 (u,r verso in black ink on blue sticker)
MarksVERITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES FIN (u,l blind stamp)
Paper/SupportArches paper
Sketch
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sewell Sillman
1985
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sewell Sillman
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Helen Torr
ca. 1935
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
William T. Richards
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William T. Richards
1894
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1962
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
William T. Richards
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Cornelis Ruhtenberg
ca. 1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ted Kurahara
1957
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Dwight Kirsch
1959