Ups and Downs / Tyree Guyton
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.202
- Title
- Ups and Downs
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 8/24/1955
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on masonite
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- 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
- Primitive Art
- Dimensions
- 65.6 cm x 126.4 cm (25 13/16 in. x 49 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Two abstracted bust-length figures, one male and one female, look directly at the viewer with large smiles against a tan background filled with swirling lines and scribbles. The face and eyes of each figure are outlined in thick green, the mouths in thick yellow. The “whites” of the eyes are red, while the pupils are circles of pale purple. From the eyes of the male figure, purple paint drips down his checks; in the female figure, the paint drips upwards.
- Subject Matter
- In “Ups and Downs” two figures, one male and one female, confront the viewer with large smiles. The work gets its title from the purple “tears” that drip down the face of the male figure and upwards on the female figure.
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- african american
- figures
- figures (representations)
- folk art
- men
- outsider art
- women
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- associated concepts
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- european styles and periods
- modern american styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern north american styles and movements
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- the americas
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2928 x 1534
- File Size
- 597 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.202
- Link to this Item
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"Ups and Downs; Tyree Guyton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.202/2002_1.202.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.