Renunciation

1950

Maybelle Stamper

Associated Names
Maybelle Stamper

Artist, American, 1907 - 1995

The image displays a variety of curved and straight lines interacting, with vertical and diagonal elements overlapping. It contains elongated forms and intersecting shapes, some resembling organic patterns. On the left, there are repeated scale-like shapes, while the right side features darker, angular segments. The composition suggests movement and transition in an abstract landscape.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bethesda Art Gallery, Glen Echo, MD); Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 16 March 2000; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In ink: lower left, RENUNCIATION (in caps); lower right, MAYBELLE STAMPER 1950-51In pencil: lower left (under the title) Song #17, or "Renunciation." (witthin quotes) 2nd pr. 3/8 Nov, '50; lower right, Maybelle Stamper (in script) 1950 & 51

Watermarks

BASINGWERK PARCHMENT

Wikidata ID

Q76441174

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