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Preparatory drawings for In Memory of My Feelings
1967 · Ninety-eight drawings
sheet (each): 13 3/8 × 9 5/8" (34 × 24.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Nell Blaine
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Frank O'Hara/In Memory of My Feelings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967–1968
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Recent Drawings U.S.A.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1956
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Nell Blaine was an American painter and printmaker known for vibrant, gestural abstractions and representational works rooted in color and light. Working across oil, watercolor, and lithography, she developed a distinctive approach that synthesized abstract expressionism with observed landscape and still life. Blaine's practice emerged from the postwar New York art scene, where she maintained an independent artistic voice distinct from dominant movements of her time. Her compositions prioritize chromatic intensity and fluid brushwork, often depicting interiors, gardens, and coastal subjects with luminous palette.
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