THE DIFFICULT PART
CountryUSA
MediumOil on acrylic gessoed rag paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14")
Credit LineCourtesy of the Artist
Object numberMetspeak04
Descriptionbalance, n. 1 a condition in which two (or more) opposing forces balance each other2 [Literature] "A strong moral character . . . keeps its balance, and is not carried away by the love of human praise. (James Bowling Mozley, Sermons before the University of Oxford, 1876)
3 [Literature] "In all perfectly beautiful objects, there is found the opposition of one part to another, and a reciprocal balance." (John Ruskin, Modern Painters, 1856)
balance, v. 1 to bring into proportion and harmony
2 to bring into equilibrium or equipoise
On View
Not on view2003 - 2004