Title
Marbled collage.
Coverage
John Coventry (b. 1943)
Date
early 1970s
Subject
Oil-marbled, spray-painted motifs and collage astronaut figure on upcycled paper
Description
John Coventry, born Donato Coviello, created freeform marbled paper using oil-based commercial paints on a moving bath of water and wallpaper sizing. Some of these, as with this piece, he embellished with collage and other media. Coventry later contributed to the field as an organizer of the First International Marblers’ Gathering, held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1989.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Coventry