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Alvin C. HollingsworthSlate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist1955 - 1963
1955 - 1963
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African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that abounds with inventiveness and creativity. Large sections of the work are composed of thin pieces of slate that are glued onto a wood panel support. Flat rocks are added and positioned on the iron-red ground. Found elements such as a bottle cap, typographer's numbers, and remnants of the white press type are also included. it's 1971 and the artist is doing a semi-type painting - a theme today's contemporary artists are running with. Finally, Hollingsworth etches a portrait of a man in a thin line on one of the slates. Guggenheim 1971 and his name are also inscribed into the rock. The work takes on a different character as the light changes and reflects off the stones and due to it's 3 dimensional quality the work is as much an object as an image..
Exhibited: New York, Lee Nordness Galleries, circa the 1960s. Lee Nordness Galleries label on verso.
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Gifted by the artist to the current owner, a long-term family friend of Hollingsworth
- Creator:Alvin C. Hollingsworth (1928 - 2000)
- Creation Year:1955 - 1963
- Dimensions:Height: 18.2 in (46.23 cm)Width: 24.45 in (62.11 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385311634012
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