The Alchemy of Fire

© Sydney Neuwirth

The Alchemy of Fire

Currently not on view

The Alchemy of Fire,

ca. 2003

Sydney Anne Neuwirth, American, born 1934
PP729

Information

Title
The Alchemy of Fire
Dates

ca. 2003

Maker
Sydney Anne Neuwirth
Medium
Torn watercolor collage with poured bronze paint over graphite on Arches smooth white wove paper
Dimensions
55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.) frame: 77.5 × 91.4 cm (30 1/2 × 36 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sydney Neuwirth, honorary member of the Class of 1955 and wife of Lee Neuwirth, Class of 1955, and Graduate School Class of 1959
Object Number
PP729
Signatures
signed in pen and black ink at bottom center: S. Neuwirth

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