id:			169867
accession number:	2012.118
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.118
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:31.101000

Complex Abstraction, 1959. Paul F. Keene (American, 1920–2009). Gouache, graphite, and ink; sheet: 42 x 31.2 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund 2012.118

title:				Complex Abstraction
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creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
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creditline:			James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gouache, graphite, and ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Paul F. Keene (American, 1920–2009)  - artist
Born 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Keene enlisted in the army in 1941, serving in the Air Corp in several bases, including Tuskegee. Died in 2009.

He received his BFA in 1947 and MFA in 1948 from the Tyler School of Fine Art, Philadelphia. He studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, becoming a part of Gallery 8, and exhibited with Picasso and Leger at the Salon de Mai. 1952 & 54 Whitney Fellowships allowed him to direct courses at the Centre D'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. From 1964 to 1968 he taught at the Philadelphia College of Art; from 1968 through 1985 at the Bucks County Community College.
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measurements: Sheet: 42 x 31.2 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
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	description:	wove paper
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	inscription:	Lower left corner, in graphite: "Keene 59"
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PROVENANCE

	Artist: Dolan/Maxwell, Inc.; Cleveland Museum of Art
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