Distant Muses — Fine Art

Distant Muses - 2000 shows a calm field of grey and beige with thin horizontal bands. The bands sit close together and leave a wide plain area. The picture sits within Brice Marden practice of quiet painted strips and measured marks. The artist often worked with beeswax and pigment in this way.

The fine art print arrives with a frame in white, wood, dark wood or black. A white frame leaves the pale bands open and clean against the wall. A black frame sets a hard line around the soft grey field, so the edges feel steady.

Hang it on a narrow hallway wall above a low bench. From the step below you see the pale band first, then the small change in tone near the lower frame. The quiet feeling stays without crowding the path.