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Austrian/Mexican
(1905–1959)
Soeurs Obsidiennes
1952
Oil on upholstery fabric
37.5 x 29.75 x 1.125 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2003.19
Soeurs Obsidiennes (Obsidian Sisters) makes reference to the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon, an area of old-growth forests, glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, and lava flows. For thousands of years Native Americans sought out the abundant, high-quality obsidian found there, which they used to make weapons and tools. Obsidian, a volcanic glass formed when a lava ow rapidly cools, is hard, brittle, translucent, and brown-black in color.
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