Sharon Shepherd

American, b. 1943

Netted Casement
1981

Pastel on paper
40.25 x 32 in.
Gift of Ashley Rodet in honor of Steven Rosen
2000.61

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• pastel