Things of Land and Sea
Artist
Howard B. Schleeter
(1903 Buffalo, New York - 1976 Placitas, New Mexico)
DateAugust 13th, 1947
Mediumgouache and wax
Dimensionsimage: 14 3/4 × 18 1/2 in. (37.5 × 47 cm)
frame: 9 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 2 in. (24.8 × 59.7 × 5.1 cm)
frame: 9 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 2 in. (24.8 × 59.7 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ray and Judy Dewey
Object numberPC2023.40.1
DescriptionAn abstract landscape filled with pitched roof buildings in variations of blues, reds, oranges, yellows, greens and greys. Patterns of dots, squares, zig-zags, and triangles are layered upon the landscape, some outlined in white. Figures, fish, and various symbols, including crosses also shift throughout the layers.On View
Not on viewHay cosas sagradas: tierra, agua, vida (There Are Sacred Things: Land, Water, Life) (Calendar, 1981)
Cecilio García-Camarillo
1980