The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Untitled

Untitled

c. 1953–56
(American, 1926–2009)
America
lithograph
Image: 39.6 x 35 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 40.6 x 36.2 cm (16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mark Soppeland 2020.95
© The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This unique print was made from a lithographic stone that was uneven in shape, which can be observed around the border of the print, especially the upper right.

Description

This print by feminist artist Nancy Spero is among the first lithographs she made while living in Chicago with her husband, the artist Leon Golub, after they both graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1949. The lithograph portrays three female forms overlaid with gestural marks and indicates Spero’s interest in the female body, as well as in the properties of lithography, which can combine chalk-like marks with washier passages.
  • 1953-56
    Nancy Spero [1926-2009] (the artist)
    1950s
    Jack and Irene Oppenheim, Chicago, IL
    By descent to Mark Soppeland, Beachwood, OH
    March 2, 2020
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.95