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Portrait of Ellen Johnson

Portrait of Ellen Johnson

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1954)
Date1991
MediumGraphite, charcoal, watercolor, ink, and collage on 18th-century engraving of "Midsummer Night's Dream"
DimensionsOverall: 21 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (54.6 × 42.5 cm)
Frame: 22 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (56.5 × 44.5 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineEllen H. Johnson Bequest
Object number1998.7.128
Status
Not on view
Copyright© David SaundersMore Information
In three-quarters profile, David Saunders drew Johnson's face over an eighteenth-century engraving of a "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Fuseli.
ProvenanceEllen H. Johnson [1910-1992], Oberlin, OH; by bequest 1998 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
The Living Object: The Art Collection of Ellen H. Johnson
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 6, 1992 - June 14, 1992 )
Out of Line: Drawings from the Allen from the Twentieth Century and Beyond
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 1, 2009 - December 23, 2009 )
This Is Your Art: The Legacy of Ellen Johnson
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 1, 2017 - May 27, 2018 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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