Delve

Title: Delve
LC Subject: Pastel drawing Drawing Trees Trees in art drawing (image-making) drawings (visual works) pastels (visual works)
Creator: Lessick, Helen
Description: This pastel drawing presents the hybridization of a shovel and a tree on a yellow ground. Helen Lessick; 1988; Delve; pastel on paper; 50x38 inches; ohsu movable director@lessick.net The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
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Location: Oregon Health and Science University Hospital >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: (main campus) 3181 S. W. Sam Jackson Road, Portland Oregon
Award Date: 1988
Identifier: 1991_ohsu_movable-col_15_a01
Item Locator: LES: 91-19
Accession Number: 1991_ohsu_movable-col_15_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Lessick, Helen
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 50 x 38 inches
Material: Drawing pastel on paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1991 Oregon Health Sciences University, University Hospital South Expansion Movable Collection. Portland Oregon 1991_ohsu_movable-col
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: In 1991, the University hospital was undergoing an expansion of its C-Wing; simultaneously three new neighborhood health clinics were nearing completion in Portland. Public art purchases for these projects were made possible by Oregon's Percent for Art program. In 1996, "University Hospital" was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital. For a map of OHSU's Marquam Campus, see http://www.ohsu.edu/about/campusmap.pdf
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: Helen Lessick is a visual artist working in drawing, sculpture, and artists' books. This work, Delve, pairs the image of a shovel blade with a tree growing out of the handle. Delve was inspired by Lessick's work at Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY, where the artist labored with a visionary group of artists to create a 5 acre sculpture park on the site of a marine terminal landfill. The color pairing of yellow and purple symbolizes, for the artist, the work of night and day. (Unknown, 1991)