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Paul Outerbridge, Jr. — Pail on Ladder (Wash Bucket)
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

Pail on Ladder (Wash Bucket)

A striking study in geometric form and everyday utility, Outerbridge's composition transforms a simple wash bucket and ladder into a meditation on line, shadow, and industrial beauty. True to his hallmark Precisionist sensibility, the artist elevates mundane objects into a carefully balanced arrangement that plays with light and structure. The work exemplifies Outerbridge's mastery of transforming the commonplace into something visually compelling and formally rigorous.

Medium
Credited and signed by Lois Outerbridge in ink on a Laguna Beach Art Association label affixed to the reverse of the mount.

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April 3, 2013

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Paul Outerbridge, Jr., Pail on Ladder (Wash Bucket)

A striking study in geometric form and everyday utility, Outerbridge's composition transforms a simple wash bucket and ladder into a meditation on line, shadow, and industrial beauty. True to his hallmark Precisionist sensibility, the artist elevates mundane objects into a carefully balanced arrangement that plays with light and structure. The work exemplifies Outerbridge's mastery of transforming the commonplace into something visually compelling and formally rigorous.

Medium
Credited and signed by Lois Outerbridge in ink on a Laguna Beach Art Association label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Objects, Geometric, Monochrome, 20th Century, Conceptual, Minimalist, American, Photograph, Modernism, Still Life

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