Four Element Composition

Four Element Composition
Artist Mainie Jellett
Year 1930 (1930)
Type gouache on paper
Dimensions 28 cm × 21.5 cm (11 in × 8.5 in)
Location Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Four Element Composition is a gouache on paper by Mainie Jellett from 1930.

Description

The gouache measures 28 × 21.5 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.[1][2]

Analysis

Four Elements suggests an influence from the four Evangelists from the Book of Kells. Jellett combined Celtic illuminated manuscripts and Cubism.[3]

References

  1. "Four Element Composition". Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  2. "Four Element Composition". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. "Four Elements". The Model.
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