“Those who crack eggs in the service of knowledge”
MEDIUM:
Cradled wood panel- assemblage: collage, wooden egg carton,
gilded paper, walnut ink, ceramic hen, fabric covered panel.
ARTWORK:
29″ x 16″ x 4½”
FRAME:
Satin Brown Painted Wood
20¾” x 16⅝” x 5¼”
Note: Eggheads are people who are highly academic, studious, thinkers, scholars, etc.
Three musical golden eggheads are:
Brahms: A man who liked his coffee, cigars and music “romantic in temper.”
Handel: A man who could achieve “great effects with simple means.”
Wagner: A man who liked his silks, perfumes, myths, legends and dramatic effects.
Refer:
Scholes, Percy & Ward, John (editor), The Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford University Press, London, England, 1977.