Untitled (Dark Red) / David Salle
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.137
- Title
- Untitled (Dark Red)
- Artist
- David Salle
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1952
- Medium and Support
- acrylic, graphite, charcoal and diamond dust on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1978
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Postmodern
- Inscription
- Verso, inscribed in red marker on canvas over top member of stretcher, l. portion: 79.30; on canvas over lower member of stretcher, r. portion: 79.30; in black marker on canvas over top member of stretcher, r. portion: DAVID SALLE UNTITLED (DARK RED)/ 1978; to the l., white label: 1979.30/SALLE, David/Untitled/PAINTING/53 1/4 x 73 1/4 in (framed); 52 (typescript or printed by computer printer)
- Dimensions
- 132.08 cm x 182.88 cm (52 in. x 72 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- figure painting
- Physical Description
- Two nude women, a telephone, and a car crash are rendered in graphite on a red ground. Any suggestion of narrative is subverted through abrupt changes in scale and a flattened-out, depthless pictorial space.
- Subject Matter
- In this early work, Salle brings together such diverse painterly vocabularies as Color Field, Pop, and the noir-tinged realism of Edward Hopper. Approached with an air of clinical detachment, individual images, styles, and movements emerge as so many positions to be occupied, emptied of their historical specificity.
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- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1305 x 955
- File Size
- 98 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.137
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.137/1997_1.137.jpg
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"Untitled (Dark Red); David Salle." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.137/1997_1.137.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
