Terence La Noue, New Monuments of Quetzalcoatl, 1976

Terence La Noue

New Monuments of Quetzalcoatl, 1976

Offset lithograph on wove paper

Signed, dated and numbered by the artist on the lower right front

Frame Included

Pencil signed and numbered on the front
de-accessioned from the GE corporate art collection

Measurements:
Frame:
29 x 37 x 1.75 inches
Print:
22 x 30 inches

The Temple of Quetzalcoatl also known as The Temple of the Feathered Serpent is the third largest pyramid at Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian site in central Mexico (the term Teotihuacan, or Teotihuacano, is also used for the whole civilization and cultural complex associated with the site). This structure is notable partly due to the discovery in the 1980s of more than a hundred possibly sacrificial victims found buried beneath the structure.
The burials, like the structure, are dated to between 150 and 200 CE. The pyramid takes its name from representations of the Mesoamerican "feathered serpent" deity which covered its sides. These are some of the earliest-known representations of the feathered serpent, often identified with the much-later Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.

The print looks like the temple from far away as you can see the stairs (the zigzag shapes on the sides) and the dome shape of the temple.

Provenance
de-accessioned from the GE corporate art collection

About Terence La Noue:
b. 1941, Hammond, Indiana

Terence La Noue creates paintings with layers of fabric, gauze and acrylic paint, forming a lively melding of many different materials, symbols and colors. His extensive world travels serve as inspiration for works that are abstract mixtures of Western and non-Western traditions and histories. India, South America, Morocco, Mexico and Nepal have been favorite destinations.

La Noue's paintings often take years to complete. Julie Sasse, curator of contemporary art at the Tucson Museum of Art, has said that There's a deep sense of archaeology in the way that the works are layered.

Terence La Noue has artworks in numerous international museum collections including the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, the Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia, and the Musee d'Art et Archeologie, Paris, France. Various American collections also own La Noue paintings, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Courtesy of DF&A