Untitled
Artist
Forrest Moses
1934 - 2021 Palm Springs, California
PrinterPrinted by
Ron Adams
1934 Detroit, Michigan - 2020 Los Angeles, California
Date1976
Mediumlithograph on paper, ed. 1/25
Dimensions15 × 20 1/8 in. (38.1 × 51.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Samuel and Claudia Larcombe
Object numberPC1980.176.1
DescriptionA lithograph composed of loose marks over a coral and pale yellow gradient background. A series of black and dark red marks run mostly vertically over horizontal white marks. Each mark is layered over a similar orange mark.On View
Not on viewExhibition: New Mexico Landscapes
on view September 3, 2022 - March 19, 2023
Although Forrest Moses’s print is not intended as a realistic representation of nature, it still suggest an experience of being immersed in the natural world. One could be looking into a swampy pool filled with cattails or a forest floor littered with twigs and branches. Moses found inspiration in the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi which centers around an aesthetic appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Moses’s work often does not show specific scenes but likely evokes a mood, feeling, or even memory that is experienced differently by each viewer.
Terms
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
2003
n.d.
1978
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
