street scene with lamppost at C and figure in LL; structures and walls sketched behind lamppost, and power lines are visible in background

Untitled, 20th century

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Richard Sussman was born in Minneapolis and studied at the Minneapolis School of Art (now MCAD), then part of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Mia’s parent organization. After studying and working in New York and California, he returned to the Twin Cities, where he worked at a plumbing supply company and taught studio art at various colleges. Sussman liked rugged subjects. When working outdoors, he returned again and again to specific, now largely anonymous, sites. This drawing is part of a series of studies Sussman made of this railroad overpass.

Details
Title
Untitled
Artist Life
1908 - 1971
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2020.114.3
Provenance
From the estate of the artist to his widow, Ruth L. Sussman, and by descent to their daughter, Deborah June Sussman; transferred to Mia by her executor, Ross Sussman, Minneapolis.
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street scene with lamppost at C and figure in LL; structures and walls sketched behind lamppost, and power lines are visible in background