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Alice Neel American
Known today only by her first name, Elenka presumably numbered among the several bohemians with whom Neel associated in Greenwich Village. Her penetrating gaze radiates formidable intellect and presence. The painting’s bold composition, filled with blocks of flat color, reinforces her strength.
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Title: Elenka
Artist:
Alice Neel (American, Merion Square, Pennsylvania 1900–1984 New York)
Date: 1936
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Richard Neel and Hartley S. Neel, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.376
Rights and Reproduction: © The Estate of Alice Neel
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