Sentences with phrase «in white kaolin»
The canvas crumpled into horizontal folds coated in white kaolin by the Italian artist in 1958 brought $ 14.21 million, more than half of what Christie's hoped for.
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«Even in Isan - Ekiti, Fayemi's hometown, there is clay kaolin that can be used for abrasive, plastics, ceramics ware, pharmaceuticals, textiles, fertilizers, white tiles and insulator wares pencils.
In general, the brighter white the kaolin clay, the better quality it is considered.
His technique of soaking myriad materials (from canvas to bread rolls) in kaolin, as well as using naturally white or off - white materials (from raw canvas to fake fur) is well represented in the exhibition.
Initially favouring canvases coated in gesso (1957 — 1958), he also worked with kaolin, another form of white clay often used in the production of porcelain.
He began with a series of gesso - coated canvases, moving on to canvas covered in kaolin, a form of white clay, which he then cut or folded.
The roof is painted in a kaolin tone, an amalgamation of white with a bit of ochre that is also used on the walls creating light and cordiality.