view of two boats, at right angles; boat in front with one man lying down with his hands beneath his head and knees raised, and another seated man, both on a raised platform beneath a horizontally overhanging cloth shading them; cat with kittens in LLC on front boat; three seated men on back boat with a similar horizontally hanging cloth; green water

%C2%A9 Estate John Edgar Platt

Siesta, 1925

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With this scene’s off-center placement, large areas of blank paper, and warm, delicate tones, Siesta could be mistaken for a Japanese woodblock print. John Platt produced his colors in the Japanese manner, blending powdered pigment with paste made from rice flour. The boats’ neutral colors contribute to the sense of sleepy calm, as do the beautifully foreshortened sails, which have been hung to provide shade in the open water.

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Title
Siesta
Artist Life
1886–1967
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.126.6
Provenance
Estate of artist’s son, Michael Platt, until April 2017, sold to Chapman; (Hilary Chapman Fine Prints, Richmond, Surrey, England, 2017, sold to Kinney); Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis
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view of two boats, at right angles; boat in front with one man lying down with his hands beneath his head and knees raised, and another seated man, both on a raised platform beneath a horizontally overhanging cloth shading them; cat with kittens in LLC on front boat; three seated men on back boat with a similar horizontally hanging cloth; green water

© Estate John Edgar Platt

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