Dorothy Hood
Sky Locus

Sky Locus

© Estate of Dorothy Hood

Sky Locus
Sky Locus
ArtistAmerican, 1918–2000
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sky Locus
Date1974
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions120 × 96 in. (304.8 × 243.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and an anonymous donor
Object number74.267
Non exposé

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In 1980 Dorothy Hood
wrote, “In times of the incredulous and the agnostic, the ultimate symbol for
art is the symbol of the unmeasurable, the Void. . . .  This silent space of the mind’s eye is
related to the nonverbal space of painting [and] in the end, within the Void,
is true memory.” Sky Locus, with its deep blue-black field, evokes “this
silent space of the mind’s eye.” In contrast, the two vibrant areas of painterly
color that bracket the composition attest to the artist’s touch and vivid presence
in her work.


ProvenanceThe artist; [Meredith Long & Co., Houston] purchased by MFAH, 1974.
Exhibition History"Three One Man Shows: Dorothy Hood, Armando Morales, and William T. Wiley," The University of Texas at Austin, April 13–June 1, 1975.

"Dorothy Hood," McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, June 4–July 2, 1978.

"Dorothy Hood," University of Houston-Clear Lake, Pasadena, Texas, April 1–May 5, 1979.

"Exhibition for Arts Education Council Meeting," Houston Institute for Arts in Education, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, June 1–June 22, 1984.

"Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson and Dorothy Hood," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2018–February 3, 2019.

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