id:			149333
accession number:	1978.16
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.16
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:09.563000

Female Model on African Stool, 1976. Philip Pearlstein (American, b. 1924). Oil on canvas; framed: 185 x 155 x 4 cm (72 13/16 x 61 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 182.8 x 152.4 cm (71 15/16 x 60 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1978.16 ©  Philip Pearlstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Female Model on African Stool
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creation date:			1976
creation date earliest:		1976
creation date latest:		1976
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			©  Philip Pearlstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Philip Pearlstein (American, b. 1924)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 185 x 155 x 4 cm (72 13/16 x 61 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 182.8 x 152.4 cm (71 15/16 x 60 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed lower left:  Pearlstein 76.
On stretcher on reverse: ©76
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

	title:		The Lessons of the Academy
	opening date:   1983-02-08T05:00:00
	<i>The Lessons of the Academy</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Allan Frumkin Gallery).
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wall description:
By cutting off the upper part of the model’s face, Philip Pearlstein breaks in a special way with the tradition of nude painting and portraiture. By not giving the viewer a counterpart who responds in one way or another to his or her gaze, Pearlstein focuses completely on the naked human body. By contemplating on his model’s body as a phenomenon devoid of any identity other than the attributes of sex and skin color, Pearlstein transforms it into a secluded world of forms, comparable to a natural landscape. The depiction comes across as objective and sober—there is no intimate tension or sexual charge.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Franklin, David. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> London: Scala Arts &amp; Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 74 - 75
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