Hieroglyphs No. 12 — Fine Art

Hieroglyphs No. 12 looks like a field of small signs laid out on a pale sheet. The marks cluster near one side and leave a wider empty stretch on the other. Lee Krasner worked in post war abstract painting, drawing signs that read like written forms without forming words. A short sentence can sit under the picture without crowding the signs.

The object is a fine art print set in a frame with a back panel. With the ready to hang option it arrives assembled. The matte surface keeps the small signs from catching a lamp, so the white space stays quiet.

It can sit above the kitchen table, where the cooking noise stays behind the sign field. From the doorway the pale area reads first, and the signs step forward as you move closer.