Moving Vermeer Panel No. 2 (Study 1)
| Date: | c. 1994
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| Medium: | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Size inches: | 9 x 8 1/2 |
| Size cm: | 22.9 x 21.6
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| Signature: | Unsigned and undated |
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| Location: | Garland and Suzanne Marshall Collection, Clayton, Missouri |
The painting was completed in 1994. The supporting frame and "dialing" wheel were completed in 1996. The medium used was oil paint on shellacked foam core. There are three foam core panels recessed behind a masonite frame, painted black, which has been attached to a Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) support. Panel No. 1: the background panel. Panel No. 2: the middle moving section has four Vermeer figures of women painted on a four-pronged star-shaped foam core panel attached by a screw to a wooden spindle which in turn is attached to an MDF wheel. Panel No. 3: the foreground panel.
The four Vermeer women are from the following paintings:Woman with aPearl Necklace, c. 1664;Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, c. 1662-64;Woman Holding a Balance, 1664;A Lady Standing at a Virginal, c. 1670-72. The furniture and objects are composed from various paintings by Vermeer. Instructions for disassembling the Work. Remove the screws from the top lid. Remove the top lid. Slide the foreground panel upwards through the opened top of the box. The middle moving section will then be exposed. This section is attached to a wooden spindle by a screw held by a nut on the back of the spindle. Remove the screw to release the four-pronged foam core middle panel. Repeat the procedure in reverse to re-assemble the piece. (George Deem,A note by the artist on his workMoving Vermeer, New York, March 3, 1997).
