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Sculpture by Arlene Shechet, Moon in the Morning (glazed ceramic, painted and dyed hardwood, powder coated steel, 75" x 44" x 37", 2022). The image illustrates a key later body of work by sculptor Arlene Shechet which focused on assemblage-style sculptures combining (as in this work) diverse materials, organic, sometimes biomorphic form and architectural order, and finely worked surfaces. This work and body of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions, presented a major venues, and discussed in major art journals and daily press publications.

Artist Arlene Shechet. Copyright held by the artist.

Arlene Shechet

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The image has contextual significance in that it serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a later body of work of Arlene Shechet in the 2020s: her assemblage-style sculptures involving—among other materials—ceramic, steel, concrete, wood and paint incorporating a variety of glaze and paint effects. This work has been described as polymorphous and referential, combining materials, styles (e.g., nods to modernist and formalist sculpture which she also subverts; architectural methods) and finishes in unconventional ways. It is also noted for the contrast between its organic and spontaneous character and the technical skill needed to produce it. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's ability to understand this key body of later work and practice, which brought Shechet ongoing recognition through exhibitions, museum acquisitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Shechet's work of this type and this work itself is discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Arlene Shechet, 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.