The Silent Road
Artist
Marietta Patricia Leis
(born 1938 Newark, New Jersey; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date2019
Mediumgraphite on Tyvek, wood rod, plastic tubes
Dimensions720 × 34 in. (1828.8 × 86.4 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist and David Vogel
Object numberPC2022.53.4
DescriptionA mixed media sculpture composed of a long sheet of fabric folded over a thin wood rod suspended from the ceiling. Both ends of the sheet are rolled around tubes and lay on the ground. The outside surface of the fabric has a metallic grey color, contrasted against the white of the inside surface.On View
Not on viewca. 1930
ca. 1900