Ghost Clock
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Ghost Clock
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Published 2017-06-08T16:19:12+00:00
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Beneath Wendell Castle's clever shroud, there is neither a classic grandfather clock nor a statement about time. Castle's magnificent Ghost Clock is a haunting sculpture so still and timeless it suggests eternity. Constructed from laminated and bleached Honduras mahogany, Ghost Clock is a powerful example of trompe l'oeil, a French term that means "to fool the eye." Here, the "drapery" is not soft, supple cloth but beautifully carved wood that suggests muslin in color and texture. What we think we see is, in fact, not what is.
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| Date published | 08/06/2017 |
| Complessità | Medium |
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| Title | Ghost Clock |
| Date | 1985 |
| Dimension | 219.0 x 62.2 x 38.1 cm |
| Accession | 1989.68 |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Medium | Carved wood |
| Credit | Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program |
| Record | http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=31977 |
| Artist | Wendell Castle |
| Place | Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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