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.

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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