Death in the Family / Eli Levin
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.228
- Title
- Death in the Family
- Artist
- Eli Levin
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (Chicago, IL, 1938 - )
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen and Bettina Pollock
- Inscription
- signed "Levin" lower right
- Dimensions
- 28.58 cm x 20.64 cm (11 1/4 in. x 8 1/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Physical Description
- Scene of three nude people (two women, one man) and a skeleton in a room next to a bathroom that is sketched on the left hand side of the scene. The skeleton is wrapping itself around the younger woman while the older woman, in darker and more opaque colors tries to free her. The man in the back is depicted as much smaller and week, lagging behind.
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- bath, dressing and sanitary spaces
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- skeleton and skeleton components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3147 x 2296
- File Size
- 967 KB
- Record
- 2012/1.228
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.228/2012_1.228.jpg
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"Death in the Family; Eli Levin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.228/2012_1.228.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.