Ellen Phelan

Garden Scroll I

1984

Tall vertical charcoal wash with smoky dark-to-light gradient and worn paper edges.

Tall vertical charcoal wash with smoky dark-to-light gradient and worn paper edges.

Not on view

Date
1984

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (50.2 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2008.124.1

Credit line
Gift of Altria Group, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/34047

Part of a series:
Garden Scrolls and Garden Drawings
7 works

Dark smoky charcoal clouds blend into a lighter mist above a calm, shadowed surface.

Large abstract black and gray ink wash suggesting billowing clouds over a faint horizon.

Soft charcoal drawing of a dark, cloud-like mass hovering above a flat, misty surface.

Dark abstract ink wash suggesting stormy clouds over a misty landscape.

Soft black-and-white watercolor shows a misty riverside with trees and reflections.

Tall vertical charcoal wash with smoky dark-to-light gradient and worn paper edges.

Large vertical sheet with dark charcoal wash and textured marks, showing worn edges.

See also

Ellen Phelan
Garden Scroll I
1990

Ellen Phelan
30 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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