Object Notes

Emptied of any meaning beyond itself and the space it commands, Ellsworth Kelly's Red Panel vibrates with an energy barely contained by its edges.

The pre-Hispanic goldwork of Colombia is traditionally classified by archaeological zones, or regions, each with stylistic associations, varying in iconography and technology: Zenú (Sinú) and Tairona in northwestern Colombia, Muisca in the central highlands southeast of Bogotá, and in the southwest, Quimbaya, Calima, Tolima, and Nariño.

In Hourglass, a dark, lonely human figure moves in and out of a luminous, ambiguous space, while another spectral figure hovers off to the right, deepening the space further.

This vase is part of a set of vases called garnitures.