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The Onrush of Time

1989

Kay WalkingStick

(American, Member of the Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma, b. 1935)
printer

Robert Franklin

(American, b. 1930)
publisher

Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

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Culture
America
Medium
offset lithograph, triptych
Measurements
Overall: 50.6 x 121.5 cm (19 15/16 x 47 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Linda and Jack Lissauer, M.D. 2023.94
Edition
Edition of 20
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Walkingstick made this image of a waterfall when she lived near the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.

Description

Cherokee artist Kay Walkingstick focuses on the American landscape and its universal metaphorical significance and spiritual energy. Her Onrush of Time triptych was made at a time of grief following her husband’s death. Focusing on the all-powerful natural force of a waterfall, the work was made to confront universal themes such as grief, rebirth and finding tranquility in nature.
A horizontally oriented triptych features three vertical panels in muted teals and earth tones. On the left, a pale yellow waterfall cascades over layered, jagged rock. The central panel is a dense thicket of frenetic, dark blue and green hatched lines swirling with brown marks. On the right, concentric rings of dark, dabbing strokes radiate from a central yellow diamond nested within a blue triangle, merging into a densely patterned background.

The Onrush of Time

1989

Kay WalkingStick, Robert Franklin, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

(American, Member of the Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma, b. 1935), (American, b. 1930)
America

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