The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Some Breathe Iron
2016
(American, b. 1958)
101.6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Horvath soaked the surface in sea water and dragged it through the sand.Description
Inspired by her father’s final sketch in a Cleveland Clinic hospital room, Sharon Horvath combined acrylic, ink, ash, phosphorescent pigment, and collage to create a cosmic composition where paint swirls across the scraped and reworked surface. Spheres and disks float amid the black background, incised with symmetrical patterns and haloed with rays. Horvath contrasts small organisms that “breathe iron” with the immensity of the universe, placing humans in between as observers.- Horvath, Sharon. “Some Breath Iron and Notes About its Making.” Sharon Horvath. Reproduced. sharonhorvath.com
- {{cite web|title=Some Breathe Iron|url=false|author=Sharon Horvath|year=2016|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.301