Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Salle, David |
Title |
Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub |
Medium |
Color woodblock print on paper, 2/100 |
Date |
1987 |
Description |
David Salle (Norman, Oklahoma 1952; lives and works in Brooklyn) Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub, 1987 Color woodblock print on paper, 2/100 24 ¾ x 29 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2015 bequest of Arlene Goldstine David Salle is a prominent American neo-expressionist who rose to international fame in the 1980s. He is known for his fragmented compositions in which cropped and superimposed figures and image fragments are combined in ambiguous ways. Printmaking has always been fundamental medium for Salle, and his large paintings often begin with print elements attached to canvas. |
Catalog Number |
2015.05.04 |
Search Terms |
Wood blocks Prints Paper Portrait prints Portraits |
Credit line |
bequest of Arlene Goldstine |