Fantastic Landscape
Marshall Glasier
"Fantastic Landscape" shows two figures in the foreground of a landscape that is dominated by a fantastic rock formation. The figures contemplate an enigmatic contraption that consists of an armature, weights and pulleys. In the deep distance on the right side the dome of Madison, Wisconsin's state capitol building is visible across a lake upon which two tiny figures can be seen fishing. The drawing was likely made through a balance of imagination and observation right in the landscape. Passages of great control and fastidiousness contrast with rapidly drawn curlicues and spirals. Glasier made the drawing with a reed pen and ink; he regularly worked with reeds he found in the landscape and prepared specifically for drawing.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1902-1988)
Date
ca. 1942
Medium
Reed pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm.)
Accession #
2005.8
Credit Line
Gift of John and Shirley Wilde
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate
Category
Subject
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