Allure
- Artist
- Jerald Ieans, American, born 1970
- Date
- 1996
- Material
- Oil and glue on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 21 x 25 in. (53.3 x 63.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of David and Judy Capes
- Rights
- © Jerald Ieans
- Object Number
- 62:2006
NOTES
The cool, glossy surface of Allure has changed since it was first painted. Originally more translucent, the layers of glue are now beautifully hazy and opaque, obscuring the lavender under-layer of paint so that it reads as a shade of gray. Repeated blue elliptical shapes arranged on the surface energize the composition. Two of the painted ellipses playfully overlap elliptical outlines and imbue the painting with a sense of movement as they seem to have slid away from their original positions.