SEVENTEEN

Oil on Canvas
34" Wide x 55" Tall
2007

Available through Brunner Gallery at www.brunnergallery.com


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