Untitled

1961

American, born 1935

This is from an important series of paintings Moskowitz made with found window shades, a material that was both recognizable and common, essentially the same as the canvas to which it is attached. The combination, along with the expressionist splatters and near monochrome of the painting, pushes it toward abstraction-yet the image of the shade continually reasserts itself back into one's perception.

Oil and collage on canvas

54 1/8 x 79 1/16 in. (137.4 x 200.8 cm)

Gift of Leo Castelli in honor of the museum's 50th year

83.263

Provenance: [Leo Castelli Gallery]; gifted from Leo Castelli to the Seattle Art Museum, December 30, 1983

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, April 2007-May 2009

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