The Witnesses
Marca-Relli was a founding member of The Club, the meeting place of the New York Abstract Expressionists. Although he was born in Boston, Marca-Relli visited Italy frequently and thus imbued his work with a refined, European sensibility that is reflected in the materials he used: stained and painted canvas that is cut with a knife. Like other artists in his circle, his abstractions begin with figuration. In this work, one can make out the legs of the “witnesses” seated on a bench.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Witnesses
- Artist: Conrad Marca-Relli (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1913–2000 Parma)
- Date: 1956
- Medium: Painted and cut sections of oil on canvas mounted on canvas
- Dimensions: 53 1/4 × 83 1/2 in. (135.3 × 212.1 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.32.41
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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