The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Untitled (Raised)

1990

Mel Kendrick

(American, b. 1949)
America
woodcut
Gift of Joan Tomkins and William Busta 2023.149
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Although this work was printed using a woodblock, Mel Kendrick describes it as a “drawing.”

Description

This print belongs to Mel Kendrick’s series of “woodblock drawings,” which feature assemblages of geometric forms. Best known as a sculptor, around 1990 Kendrick began to experiment with printing plywood blocks on paper, allowing the texture of the material’s grain to serve as a compositional element. Their improvisational shapes recall his three-dimensional wood carvings, translating these works to an entirely different medium.
  • 1990–?
    Marjorie Talalay [1921–2008], Cleveland, OH
    ?–2023
    William Busta and Joan Tomkins, Cleveland Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 11, 2023–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.149