Mesa, from the ​“Landscape Series”

Michael Peterson, Mesa, from the "Landscape Series", 1993, locust and india ink, 5 x 9 7⁄8 in. diam. (12.7 x 25.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur and Charles Bresler in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp, curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery (1995−−2003), 2003.60.45

Artwork Details

Title
Mesa, from the ​“Landscape Series”
Artist
Date
1993
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
5 x 9 7⁄8 in. diam. (12.7 x 25.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Fleur and Charles Bresler in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp, curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery (1995−−2003)
Mediums
Mediums Description
locust and india ink
Classifications
Object Number
2003.60.45
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2003.60.45

Artwork Description

Michael Peterson's Landscape Series is inspired by the forest and sea life of the Pacific Northwest. He works with dried locust wood and often bleaches and sandblasts the finished form so that the surface appears eroded by sand, wind, and water.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Miriam McKinnie, The White Fawn, n.d., watercolor on paperboard: illustration board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.35
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Artist
Daten.d.
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Miriam McKinnie, White Fawn (mural study for Forest Park, Illinois Post Office), 1939, watercolor and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.316
White Fawn (mural study for Forest Park, Illinois Post…
Artist
Date1939
watercolor and ink on paper
Not on view

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