Rome
Date1967
Mediumbrass and wood on marble base
Dimensions15 3/4 × 13 × 4 1/8 inches (40 × 33 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight H. Emanuelson.
Object number1999.13.1
Copyright© Archivio Marca-Relli, Parma.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextConrad Marca-Relli was a founding member of the Eighth Street Club along with other early primary figures of the abstract expressionist movement who emphasized an act of making art they perceived to be unconscious and spontaneous. Marca-Relli believed abstraction should be emotionally moving, and he took a constructive approach to image-making, building up surfaces by cutting out and applying shapes to canvas or metal supports in a way to build up textures and shapes to evoke emotion.
