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Non-Sectarian Crucifixion / levy, d.a.., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-28462-29731

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Scope and Contents

Image is an oil paint semi-realistic sketch of an individual held on a crucifix. The major colors are browns on a white primed background. Geoffrey Cook who owned the painting wrote to the Sackners that "although d.a. was most secular, he was deeply aware of his Jewishness: 'I am a levy of the levites,' and did not wish to have these paintings seen totally in a Christian historical context. I believe, though, levy was drawn to the suffering represented in our own culture by the icon of the cruxifixion because of the suffering he actually felt in his own life. I don't think that the markings below to the right have a significance, I believe they can be explained by the action painting technique." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 painting (oil paint) in canvas) ; 118 x 92 x 4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

1904 storage

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Cleveland, Ohio : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: d.a. levy (l.r.); d.a. levy (l.r.- verso). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RED; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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