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Two red curtains,
1980

Lois Dodd, born 1927, Montclair, NJ; active Cushing, ME, Blairstown, NJ, and New York, NY

2019-179

Over the course of a seven-decade-long career, Dodd has developed a practice of observational painting, much of it done outdoors. This grounding in nature allows her works to achieve a delicate balance between landscape and abstract compositions, as in these four watercolor sketches of laundry drying in the breeze that present evocative studies of each day’s atmosphere and a variation of formal elements.

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Title

Two red curtains

Dates

1980

Maker

Lois Dodd

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Dimensions

22.2 × 28.6 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2019-179

Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Signatures

Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: Dodd '80

Inscription

In graphite on verso at upper right: 2 [in circle] L.D.

Culture

American

Type

watercolors, drawings

Materials

watercolor, wove paper, graphite

Subject

linens, rope, curtains

Acquired directly from the artist

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