File:Sigrid Burton Relative Position 2013.jpg

Mixed-media drawing by Sigrid Burton, Relative Position (mixed media on paper, 19" x 13", 2013). The drawing illustrates an important medium apart from Sigrid Burton’s well-known paintings—her mixed media drawings, created throughout her career, using pencils, pastels, oil sticks and collage, which often feature repurposed works, ephemera and cryptically biographical or autobiographical material. This work and similar works were publicly exhibited, published and discussed in by art critics and writers and various publications and is discussed in the article.

Artist Sigrid Burton. Copyright held by the artist.

Sigrid Burton

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an important medium apart in Sigrid Burton’s career, apart from her well-known paintings: her mixed media drawings, created throughout her career, using pencils, pastels, oil sticks and collage. These works mix repurposed works, semi-abstract drawing with ephemera of a cryptically biographical or autobiographical nature and recall the work of Kurt Schwitters and Paul Klee. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key medium in her practice. Burton’s work of this type and this work is discussed in the article and were publicly exhibited, published and discussed in by art critics and writers and various publications.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Sigrid Burton, and the work no longer is viewable, 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.