Lagoon

Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji (American, born 1970)

CultureAmerican

Date2019

MediumThread, ink, graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions19 1/2 × 24 in. (49.5 × 61 cm)
Overall, Image: 22 3/16 × 27 in. (56.4 × 68.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2019.35

Not on view

DescriptionA framed work on paper. The outside frame is white, while the piece is yellow tracing paper with white, pink, and blue stitches threaded through the left side of the work. The image is of an individual swimming or floating in a body of water. The figure is drawn from graphite and the water surrounding him/her is of blue and black ink. The water takes up the entire bottom portion of the scene. Above and to the right of the figure is an oval comprising an extending linear pattern. The lines are blue, black, white, and green.
ProvenanceThe artist; Fridman Gallery; Chrysler Museum of Art, 2019.