Untitled [Angels Holding the Arc of the Covenant]

Date1963

Artist Minnie Evans (American, 1892 - 1987)

CultureAmerican

MediumOil and pencil on board

DimensionsImage: 14 x 19 9/16 in. (35.5 x 49.7 cm)
Framed: 26 3/8 x 32 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (67 x 81.5 x 4.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Art Gallery Acquisition Fund

On View

On view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

Terms

SignedOn recto, signed lower right corner in pencil and over top in ink: MinnieEvans

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right corner in ink: 10.63

ProvenanceCarl Hammer Gallery Chicago;
Acquired by the Namits Collection in 2005;
purchased Christie's, New York, Sale 15458, Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed, January 19, 2018, lot 67
DescriptionDepiction of a garden with green fronds with a patterned rectangular shape at the center in which two angels sit upon. Two additional large angels flank the sides of the work and it is enclosed in a curved, cloud-like form. The work is rendered in bright colors and a 2-dimensional flatness.

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