id:			142230
accession number:	1965.80
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.80
updated:		2020-11-04 21:05:03.038000

Split Level, 1958. Michael Goldberg (American, 1924-2007). Oil on canvas; unframed: 203.2 x 177.7 cm (80 x 69 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of B. C. Holland 1965.80

title:				Split Level
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creation date:			1958
creation date earliest:		1958
creation date latest:		1958
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of B. C. Holland
copyright:			

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Michael Goldberg (American, 1924-2007)  - artist

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

	inscription:	Dated on back: 1958
Signed and titled on back of canvas
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		Works from the Contemporary Collection
	opening date:   1969-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Works from the Contemporary Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 1-October 15, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

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PROVENANCE

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digital description: 
<em>Split Level</em> belongs to the <em>House</em> 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.

wall description: 
<em>Split Level</em> belongs to the <em>House</em> 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. As Goldberg once stated, “Art making is like being badly sunburned: you’re peeling, you’re trying to get the layers of the world off you to get to yourself.”
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