The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 24, 2021

Split Level

1958

Michael Goldberg

(American, 1924-2007)

America, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 203.2 x 177.7 cm (80 x 69 15/16 in.)

Gift of B. C. Holland 1965.80

Location

not on view

Description

Split Level belongs to the House series of paintings Goldberg created during 1957–60, in which densely robust brushwork coalesces into and around a dark rectangular form. Despite its architectural inspiration, the painting is fundamentally a record of the artist’s instinctive feelings rather than a specific image.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Dated on back: 1958 Signed and titled on back of canvas

Exhibition history

CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969

Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 1-October 15, 1969).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1965.80