Human Forms

1965

Barbara Crane

Associated Names
Barbara Crane

Artist, American, 1928 - 2019

The image focuses on parts of a human body in black and white. Specific body parts, like a forearm and elbow, are shown in close-up. The body's surface texture and shadows are highlighted, with light creating contrasts. The person's position is ambiguous, and details like facial features, hair, and clothing are absent. No jewelry or objects are present, and the backdrop is black.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara Crane Estate, Chicago; John Parsley, Houston, TX (through Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago); gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in graphite: Barbara Crane; lower left: 1965; bottom right Strathmore stamp embossed; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, top left in graphite circled: 2.; top right: 1965-B-30-4-002; bottom right: 025-504-309

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