SEVENTEEN

Oil on Canvas
34" Wide x 55" Tall
2007

Available through Marion Drennen


There are 17 symetrical patterns, referred to as "wallpaper" patterns, from which all patterns are made. The Mathematician Gauss proved that the 17-gon (a polygon with 17 sides) is the largest polygon that can be created with a ruler and a compass. "Pattern" in different languages: Dutch: knippatroon, patroon Finnish: kaava French: schéma, prototype, pattern, ouvrer Hungarian: minta, séma, példa, motívum Italian: esemplare, campione di merce Latin: exemplum, exemplar Russian: образцовый Spanish: muestra, muestra, pauta, modalidad, patrón Swedish: förebild, mönster, model African: patroon, skema Japanese: ruikei, shihyou, moyou, gara, genkei, gikei, egara Norwegian: mønster Sanskrit: प्रतिमान transliteration: pratimaana आदर्श aadarza निदर्श nidarza Arabic: أسلوب Portugese: teste padrão “Seventeen” in different languages: African: sewentien Danish: sytten Dutch: zeventien Finnish: seitsemäntoista French: dix-sept, dix sept Hungarian: tizenhét Italian: diciassette, diciasette Japanese: juunana, juushichi, sevunti-n Norwegian: sytten Portuguese: dezessete, dazassete Russian: семнадцать Spanish: diecisiete Swahili: kumi na saba Swedish: sjuttonde Arabic: سفنتين Greek: δεκαεπτά Chinese transliteration: shi qi Sanskrit: सप्तदश transliteration: saptadaza