Hi Jamie and any other interested people,
I believe the image you are referring to is from David Wiesner's
children's book June 29, 1999. The sky is filled with oversized cabbages.
The middle ground has a diner and telephone lines. See pages 8-9. I hope
it's what your patron is looking for!
Deborah Viles
Acquisitions Manager
Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art
1401 Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
410-225-2304
410-225-2316 fax
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:09 PM
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Image Identification
Hello all,
I'm working with a patron to find an image she saw on a card purchased at
Papyrus some time ago. She believes it was a painting, and the image
featured a rural landscape with perhaps a small building or house and a
telephone pole in the foreground. The sky on the card was full of cabbages.
My communication with the patron is below, including some links to artists
that initially came to mind as possibilities. Of the artists I suggested,
she feels Michael Sowa is the closest stylistically.
Does this description ring any bells? Any suggestions for furthering my
search?
Thank you all,
Jamie Lausch
Ann Arbor District Library
734.827.5135
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From: CRT [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Mon 6/16/2008 4:27 PM
To: Jamie Lausch
Subject: Re: Painting Reference Question
Yes, I know who Magritte is and Yes, this painting reminds me of the
Surrealists. I purchased the card several years ago at Papyrus. Are you
familiar with the store? It was a very colorful card. I don't recall much
except that it was a scene of a house or small store, there was a telephone
pole and lots of cabbage heads in the sky. Of the three links you provided,
I would definitely say it is closest to the Michael Sowa painting. I hope
this helps.
Carla
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Jamie Lausch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello,
Thank you for coming to the Library with your question! The image you
described initially made me think of Rene Magritte, a French surrealist
painter who lived from 1898-1967, or Michael Sowa, who designs images used
on cards for the German card company Inkognito. Inkognito cards are sold
all over town, at places like Peaceable Kingdom, Middle Earth and Falling
Water. I also found some interesting photo montages by Carl Warner, called
"foodscapes." Everything in the image is a photograph of food, and they're
combined to form rural scenes.
Here are some examples of the three artists:
<http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=1670>
http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=1670 (Magritte)
<http://tinyurl.com/52yq6c> http://tinyurl.com/52yq6c (Sowa)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7186989.stm>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7186989.stm (Warner--image 2)
Is your painting anything like these three, stylistically? Do you remember
anything more about it? (i.e. where the card was purchased, if it was a
famous painting or something you had never seen before, if there were people
or animals in the image, what the colors were like).
Thank you again for asking us!
Jamie Lausch
Ann Arbor District Library
734.827.5135
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