Kieran Rae Koch Abstract Oil Painting "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"

Item Details

Kieran Rae Koch (American, Ohio; born 1995)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (a response to Wallace Stevens), 2014
Oil painting on thirteen wood panels
Each panel signed and dated to the versos
Panels numbered to versos with corresponding stanza
Title inscribed to verso on first panel
Label to verso of panel 13 with suggested arrangement
Work is a response to the poem of the same title by Wallace Stevens (American, 1879 – 1955), linked below

Rae Koch is a mixed media and textile artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied fiber arts and theater at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where his thesis project explored the interactions between living oyster mushroom mycelium and knit structures. Rae draws his inspiration from tactile environments, nature, and theatrical production.

Condition

- edge wear to all panels, with scuff marks and light wear to paint surfaces; light accretion throughout.

Dimensions

- measures the largest panel, number 13.

Item #

ITMG269920

Additional Information

Wallace Stevens' Poem, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"