Doors by Elizabeth Quandt
Doors
Elizabeth Quandt
Title
Doors
Artist
Elizabeth Quandt
1922 - 1994 (biography)Year
1969
Technique
etching
Image Size
17 7/8 x 15 13/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
12 of 20
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned
Reference
Paper
ivory wove Arches France watermarked
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
EQ1283
Price
$750.00
Description
A nearly-mirrored image of two doorways, opening onto rooms respectively enshrouded in the atmospheres of night and day, invite the viewer to look more deeply in the dreamlike “Doors” by Elizabeth Quandt.
Quandt moved with ease between the thresholds of the real and the surreal. Her keen understanding of classical composition is never dulled by staid moods: every portrayal of an object, person, or landscape holds within it a mystery. In this piece she’s drawn two simple doorways opened onto two simple rooms; yet it could so easily be transformed into a journey should the viewer be prepared.