Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it

Maker and role
Artist: Dorothea Rockburne, Canadian, born 1932
Year
1987-1988
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Oil and gold leaf on gessoed linen
Measurements
59 x 70 x 9in (149.9 x 177.8 x 22.9cm)
Credit line
Gift of Jeanne Lang Mathews
Accession number
2006.78
Object type
Department
Location
Documentation
Dorothea Rockburne, New Paintings: Pascal and Other Concerns; Robert Storr (b.1949); 1988; watercolor study/not McNay painting
Dorothea Rockburne: In My Mind's Eye; Alicia Longwell; 2011; p. 83, 149, 158; no. 19
The Brooklyn Rail; July 2011
Subject period
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\2006.78 Rockburne\Dorothea Rockburne - New Paintings 1988.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\2006.78 Rockburne\Dorothea Rockburne - In My Mind's Eye.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\2006.78 Rockburne\Dorothea Rockburne Brooklyn Rail.pdf

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