Fused Forms

Art

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Fused Forms

Entry/Object ID

5070

Description

Human and animal figures in white and grey melding together against a light blueish grey background.

Artwork Details

Medium

charcoal, Graphite, Gouache, prismacolor

Context

Fused Forms, uses the “fumage” technique of catching smoke on paper and adding on to it later. This work is one of a selection of Thecla's works that display this technique. Human and animal faces can be seen woven together in the smoke, characters typical of Thecla’s imagery. Fused Forms was created in the 1950’s, during a time when Thecla’s career was somewhat stagnant. It shows clear elements of surrealism, the genre she is often associated with.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Helen T Findlay

Made/Created

Artist

Thecla, Julia

Date made

1955

Ethnography

Notes

United States North America, United States

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mixed Media

Class

MIXED MEDIA

Dimensions

Dimension Description

frame

Width

18-1/2 in

Depth

1 in

Length

24-1/2 in

Exhibition

Julia Thecla: Undiscovered Worlds

Interpretative Labels

Label

Fused Forms Thecla, Julia 1955