File:Robert Yasuda Pompeii 1992.jpg

Robert Yasuda, Pompeii (acrylic polymer on fabric on wood, 80" x 156", 1992). The image illustrates an early period and body of work in Robert Yasuda's career in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he produced large abstractions combining rectangular wood panels placed side-by-side or stacked. These paintings were noted for their quiet optical effect and sense of inner light, achieved through alternating layers of translucent color and scrim-like, stretched fabric whose tight weave added a grid-like formality over (as in this case) autumnal and spring-like shades of gray, green, tan, blue and grey. This body of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent museums and venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and collected by major art institutions.

Artist Robert Yasuda. Copyright held by the artist.

Robert Yasuda

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an earlier period and body of work in Robert Yasuda's career in the late 1980s and early 1990s: his large abstractions combining rectangular wood panels placed side-by-side or stacked, which were noted for their quiet optical effect of inner light, achieved through alternating layers of translucent color and scrim-like, stretched fabric. In title, these works often allude to actual locales (Pompeii, Prairie), but were actually painted partly plein air in the Florida Keys and finished in Yasuda's New York studio. Critics suggested that despite their non-objective minimalism, they convincingly suggested sea air and dappled light, mixing natural and artificial settings, daylight and Halogen-influenced time. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize a key developmental phase in his art, which brought early recognition from art journals and daily press publications, as well as museums. Yasuda's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Robert Yasuda, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.