Untitled / Ellen Driscoll
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.58
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Ellen Driscoll
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1953
- Medium and Support
- ink, gouche on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- 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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walter and Nesta Spink
- Dimensions
- 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm (9 1/4 in. x 6 1/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- watercolor
- Physical Description
- This is an ink drawing in shades of black and brown. In the center there is a figure of a seated nude woman with her back to the viewer. The top of her head is a swirl of dark black lines. In the upper right corner is a three-masted sailing ship.
- Subject Matter
- This drawing was created during Driscoll's work on a multi-year project called, "Ahab's Wife", a performance piece inspired by "Moby Dick" and performed in1968 at the Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater. This collaborative project combined, movement, poetry and visual arts to explore the persona of Ahab's unnamed wife. This work was also included in the UMMA exhibition, "Ellen Driscoll: Ahab's Wife, Working Drawings and Model", February 1, 1997 - March 16, 1997.
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- landscapes (environments)
- marine bodies
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3136 x 4656
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2010/2.58
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.58/2010_2_58.jpg
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"Untitled; Ellen Driscoll." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.58/2010_2_58.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
