Cosmic Circles (ii)

Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Repousse, or repoussage, is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering the reverse side of a sheet a metal. On the other side, a low relief design is revealed. Polony Mountain depicted many scenes of the cosmos and this particular variation of "Cosmic Circles" includes large swirling and overlapping curvilinear lines that stretch from top to bottom, covering the entirety of the panel. These lines are highly gestural in form and are punctuated by Polony Mountain's small circular forms representative of planets and stars. This panel is but one example of Polony Mountain's skill with the repousse technique and her ability to create movement within an otherwise static material.
Cosmic Circles (ii)
Cosmic Circles ii artist signature
Cosmic Circles (ii)
Cosmic Circles ii artist signature
Inventory
Collection Number
17684
Building
Current Location
B2- Room 318
Floor
Lower Level/Vault
Description
Details
This repousse panel portrays the cosmos in various overlapping large swirling lines and small circular forms.
Artist Dates
1918 - 2020
Artist Nationality
Hungarian
Framed
Yes
Width
1 inch
Height
84.5 inches
Length
32 inches
Object Type
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video