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Lead Cloud
| This work, like others Kiefer made in 1985 using black-and-white photographs, incorporates molten lead in a cloudlike form. "Heavy Cloud" describes Kiefer's use of this heavy material to depict something vaporous and nearly weightless. The title puns on "heavy water," which Kiefer regards as a synonym for radiation. |
Heavy Cloud
"Schwere Wolke"
1985. Lead and shellac on photograph, mounted on cardboard
23 3/8 x 34 1/2 in. (59.4 x 87.6 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
1995.14.41
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