Name/Title
In the Book She ReadsEntry/Object ID
5091Description
Human and animal figures drawn in smoke and melding together across the paper. A wood log fence lines the bottom of the image horizontally.Artwork Details
Medium
Charcoal Graphite on paper mounted onto boardContext
In the Book She Reads, 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. In the Book She Reads was created 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. FindlayEthnography
Notes
United States
North America, United StatesLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
CharcoalLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
DrawingClass
WORKS ON PAPERDimensions
Dimension Description
SHEETWidth
27.94 cmDepth
2.223 cmLength
44.291 cmExhibition
Julia Thecla: Undiscovered WorldsInterpretative Labels
Label
In the Book She Reads
Thecla, Julia
1961
Smoke drawing techinque