%C2%A9 Estate Phyllis Wiener
Mexico City at Dusk #1, c. 1960-1961
Phyllis Wienerexpand_more
Watercolor on paperexpand_more
Bequest of Dr. John I. Coeexpand_more 2011.80.26
Not on Viewexpand_more
Wiener had a colorful life. She studied with Grant Wood in Iowa before moving to Minneapolis for further education. In the 1950s she was one of the most prominent women exhibiting regularly in Minnesota and gaining a national reputation as a daring abstract painter. "There was a lot of chauvinism," she told a reporter. "I remember one time someone said, 'There are few women who ever make it.' And my friend said to him, 'Well! You know, there are few men who ever make it, too!' In 1961, she traveled to Mexico where she studied at the Instituto Allende and during that time made this view of Mexico City. In Wiener’s hands, the rooftops and structure of the buildings dissolve into pure luminous color soaked into the paper.
Details
- Title
- Mexico City at Dusk #1
- Artist Life
- 1921-2013
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2011.80.26
- Provenance
- John I. Coe, Edina, Minn.; bequethed to MIA, 2011.
- Curator Approved
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