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Sunset and Concrete Dock

1984

Jennifer Bartlett

(American, 1941–2022)
America
oil on canvas, painted wood, concrete slabs
Unframed: 335.2 x 213.3 cm (131 15/16 x 84 in.); concrete: 7 x 152.4 x 76.2 cm (2 3/4 x 60 x 30 in.); Yellow house: 125.7 x 91.4 x 104.1 cm (49 1/2 x 36 x 41 in.); Red house: 91.4 x 91.4 x 106.7 cm (36 x 36 x 42 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1985.206
Location: Not on view

Description

In this multimedia environment, Bartlett demonstrates her talent for juxtaposing a variety of images, styles, and perspectives. Since the 1980s, Bartlett has combined painting and sculptural elements to create jarring illusions: her paintings explore themes of houses, gardens, and seascapes, while her inclusion of sculpted boats, houses, and other objects extends the scenes into the viewer’s space. In Sunset and Concrete Dock, the painting depicts a shallow landscape of trees and a flat geometric red house at sunset. Dense with expressive brushwork, this atmospheric scene recalls both 19th-century European and American landscape painting. The painted image of a red house reappears as a volumetric object placed in front of the canvas, sparking a dialogue between concept and reality. John L. Severance Fund 1985.206.a–f
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 61; Mentioned: p. 64, no. 61 www.jstor.org
    Glaubinger, Jane, "Home Sweet Home", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 07, September 1998 Mentioned & reproduced: p.8-9 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 120
  • "Jennifer Bartlett: Recent Work," CMA (Jan. 28 - March 16, 1986), Milwaukee Art Museum, (Nov. 18, 1988 - Jan. 8, 1989).
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  • {{cite web|title=Sunset and Concrete Dock|url=false|author=Jennifer Bartlett|year=1984|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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