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Slum Gardens No. 3

1990

Joseph Norman

Associated Names

Joseph Norman

Artist, American, born 1957

The image depicts bold, dark lines and geometric shapes intersecting throughout the canvas, creating an abstract composition. The overlapping shapes and lines suggest foliage and architectural elements, such as tree branches, leaves, stairs, and a human face merging with the elements around it. Spiraling shapes in the foreground can resemble wrought-iron fencing or vegetation, set in a play of light and shadow that gives a sense of depth and structure reminiscent of a garden near a residential area.

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Artwork overview

Medium

charcoal on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Sandra and Charles Gilman, Jr. Foundation in memory of Dorothea L. Leonhardt
Dimensions

sheet: 125.25 × 95.25 cm (49 5/16 × 37 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1992.20.1
Series Title

Slum Fantasies

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

Dialogue: John Wilson/Joseph Norman, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995, 109, fig. 73.

Bibliography

1995

Johnson, Diana L. "A Conversation with Joseph Norman." Dialogue: John Wilson/Joseph Norman Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995: 109, fig 73.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: J. Norman; lower right in graphite: C[osta] R[ica] 1990

Wikidata ID

Q64591315

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