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SUSAN BEST ART

Works and Words

Works on Paper (Opera Series I)
It is a seductive thing to have absolute control. This is the sense I began with in these small works done in a "disposable" medium. Control vanishes quickly and is regained as plastic concerns of order are imposed.


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Opera Series 1087 .................................[9 x 5 5/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1090 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)
Opera Series 1097 .................................[8 3/8 x 6 1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1098 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)
Opera Series 1100 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1105 .................................[6 x 8 1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1107 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1108 .................................[7 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1110 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1112 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1115 .................................[6 x 9 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1117 .................................[9 x 6 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1121 .................................[4 1/2 x 12 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1122 .................................[4 1/2 x 12 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1123 .................................[4 1/2 x 11 7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1124 .................................[4 1/2 x 11 3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1125 .................................[12 x 6 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1127 .................................[6 x 11 3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1132 .................................[6 1/4 x 11 7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1139 .................................[5 1/2 x 7 1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1148 .................................[10 7/8 x 7 1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1150 .................................[6 1/8 x 10 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1164 .................................[9 x 11 7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1165 .................................[8 3/8 x 10 7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1167 .................................[7 1/2 x 11 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1168 .................................[7 1/2 x 11 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1193 .................................[14 x 24 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1198 .................................[20 3/4 x 32 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1199 .................................[20 3/4 x 31 3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1200 .................................[20 3/4 x 32 5/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1202 .................................[18 x 31 1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1203 .................................[22 1/4 x 27 1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1205 .................................[26 x 27 1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1222 .................................[22 1/2 x 56 1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1223 .................................[24 1/2 x 58 3/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1224 .................................[29 1/4 x 67 3/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1226 .................................[24 x 73-3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2054 .................................[4-1/2 x 6-1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2008 .................................[6 x 12 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2023 .................................[6 x 8-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1999 .................................[23 x 22 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2027 .................................[6 x 8-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1996 .................................[24 x 70 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2031 .................................[8-7/8 x 5-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2042 .................................[6 x 7-1/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2009 .................................[5-3/4 x 11-3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2052 .................................[3-7/8 x 6-1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 1993 .................................[25 x 67-1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2037 .................................[7-5/8 x 6-1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2040 .................................[6 x 7-1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2004 .................................[5-3/4 x 11-3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2016 .................................[5-3/4 x 7-3/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2020 .................................[6 x 8-1/2 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2044 .................................[6 x 8-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2012 .................................[8-7/8 x 5-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2029 .................................[5-7/8 x 8-7/8 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2048 .................................[8-1/2 x 5-1/4 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2046 .................................[7-3/4 x 6 (Mixed/P)]
Opera Series 2034 .................................[5-7/8 x 7-3/4 (Mixed/P)]