Jill Levine
(1953 - )
Untitled
1992
Watercolor on paper
9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 16.0 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts an
2009.30.19
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<SPAN>In the 1990s, when Levine painted <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Untitle</SPAN>d, her two- and three-dimensional works focused on biomorphic forms, shapes suggestive of living organisms such as amebae or protozoa. More recently, her paintings and sculptures have featured designs inspired by Indian and Pre-Columbian art. Untitled was donated to the museum by Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, New York-based collectors who acquired more than 4,000 works of art on the modest salaries they earned as a postal worker and librarian.<SPAN STYLE="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt"><BR/></SPAN></SPAN>
Marks
signature and date on back in graphite
Keywords
WatercolorAbstract art