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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Rainbow (for Rose and Licorice)
Alternate Title:
Arc-en-ciel (pour Rose et Licorice)
Image View:
Detail, trompe l'oeil illusion of cut-out shapes with shadows in a box
Creator:
David Elliott (Canadian artist, born 1953)
Location:
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2013.19
Location Note:
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest; Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
GPS:
46.801106-71.225064
Date:
2008 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Canadian
Style Period:
Photorealist; Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint; acrylic paint; on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
234 cm (height) x 422 cm (width)
Subjects:
animal; contemporary (1960 to present); human figure; trompe l'oeil
Description:
One of the principal Canadian artists associated with the late seventies, early eighties return to figuration, Elliott has exhibited his paintings both nationally and internationally for over 35 years. This large scale piece plays with trompe l'oeil, presenting the illusion of cutouts layered in a box like a diorama. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ELLIOT-RRL-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Rainbow (for Rose and Licorice)