picture plane divided into four uneven quadrants; top two rectangular quadrants each have abstract geometric forms with green, blue and yellow with black outlines; bottom two quadrants have abstracted figures--standing figure wearing triangular hat in LLC and portrait in profile in LRC; mottled green ground

%C2%A9 Estate of Anne Ryan

The Window, c. 1947-48

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Though her art career spanned only 16 years, Anne Ryan was much-admired during her lifetime for her abstract and semi-abstract paintings, woodcuts, and collages. "The Window" feature Ryan’s characteristic “white-line” woodblock technique in which distinct areas of color are simultaneously printed on black paper to establish strongly contrasting forms while also suggesting a nocturnal setting. It is representative of Ryan’s practice, which featured subjects ranging from figurative to still lifes to pure abstraction.

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Details
Title
The Window
Artist Life
1889–1954
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.154.2
Provenance
James D. Burke, Portland, Ore.; given to MIA, 2017.
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picture plane divided into four uneven quadrants; top two rectangular quadrants each have abstract geometric forms with green, blue and yellow with black outlines; bottom two quadrants have abstracted figures--standing figure wearing triangular hat in LLC and portrait in profile in LRC; mottled green ground

© Estate of Anne Ryan

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