Little River Farm

Yvonne Jacquette

1979 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

In this canvas Jacquette, known for her dizzying aerial depictions of cities and landscapes, depicted a farm in Belfast, Maine (near her summer home), as seen from the window of a single-engine plane. Flying over the site on several excursions, she made preliminary sketches in charcoal and pastel that blocked out the shapes, patterns, and color masses seen below. Then, relying partially on memory and invention, she painted a large "jetscape" on canvas that eliminated the use of traditional vanishing-point perspective and engaged the viewer the way a map might.

Artist

Yvonne Jacquette

Date

1979

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carroll, 1982