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"The Edge of Town", circa 1960

 Item
Identifier: B333.08.0006.00001

Dates

  • circa 1960

Creator

Extent

From the File: 3 Linear Feet (1 custom made flat box) ; 2.75' x 2.25' x .25'; 33.5 x 27.5 x 3.5 inches

Scope and Contents

Box contains one acrylic painting by Maria Lowenstein, done while she was living in Denver. Painting is of buildings with a red three-story and a cream colored two-story building in the foreground with tops of buildings in the distance. Artist signature "Maria" in bottom left corner. The work is done is a cubist style using shades of blue, red and cream with black outlines. The paint is on a textured surface. Appears as though cheesecloth was stretched over surface before paint was applied. Piece is portrait in orientation and framed in a thin 1 1/4” tan wood frame that has been distressed with white paint. Water damage evident on lower lefthand corner of mat.

Dimensions

Frame Dimensions: 81 cm x 63 cm x 3 cm

General

Picture hanging wire removed April 14, 2017.

General

Title supplied by artist; written on back of frame.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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