Christina (after Wyeth), Miniature series, 13/50
ROBERT HAGUE
Christina (after Wyeth), Miniature series, 13/50, 2024
detail from lithograph, porcelain 8cm dish, gold, edition of 50
8 x 8 x 1 cm
$ 250
collect from Stockroom in Kyneton (VIC), or we will be in touch to discuss delivery options
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Christina (after Wyeth)
The start point for this composition is the iconic painting Christina's World (Andrew Wyeth, 1948), which "depicts a young woman... lying in a grassy field... Her silhouette is tense, almost frozen, giving the impression that she is fixed to the ground. She stares at a distant farmhouse... ancient and greyed in harmony with the dry grass and overcast sky (MOMA catalogue).
I have imagined Christina's inner self, joyfully skipping across the scene (Skipping Vinegar Girl, 1936), the farmhouse now instead the Abbotsford Convent (mysteriously wrapped by the acclaimed artists Christo & Jeanne-Claude). Christina's leap of joy is a symbolic step into the new, reborn.
The scene is framed by a huge hollow tree.