Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Sublett, Carl |
Title |
Sign Language |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Date |
1963 |
Description |
Carl Sublett (Johnson County, Kentucky 1919-2008 Union, Maine) Sign Language, 1963 Polymer, oil, and pencil on canvas 38 x 40 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2013 purchase in memory of Helen and Carl Sublett Sublett was a versatile, prolific painter and a core member of The Knoxville 7, a group of forward-looking artists active between 1959 and 1965. Sign Language represents Sublett's experimentation with Pop Art during the early 1960s. The painting was inspired when Sublett was on one of his many trips to Maine and happened to encounter a birdhouse in the shape of one of the many barns throughout the Southeast that advertise the roadside attraction "Rock City" near Chattanooga. |
Catalog Number |
2013.03.01 |
Search Terms |
Polymer paintings Oil paintings Pencil works Mixed media works Canvas Knoxville Seven |
Credit line |
Museum purchase in memory of Helen and Carl Sublett |