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Wise Like That
Whitfield LovellWW-2000-529165
2000·Charcoal on wood panel with iron hinge, nails, screws and found metal and wood objects·45 in. × 23 1/2 in. × 10 in. (114.3 × 59.7 × 25.4 cm)
Weight: 16.8 lb. (7.6 kg)
Purchase, Gift of the Glickstein Foundation, by exchange, 2001
Catalogue
- Year
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 45 in. × 23 1/2 in. × 10 in. (114.3 × 59.7 × 25.4 cm) Weight: 16.8 lb. (7.6 kg)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Whitfield Lovell
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Whitfield Lovell
Whitfield Lovell is an American artist born in 1959 whose practice engages portraiture and historical documentation through drawing, collage, and mixed media. His work centers on African American identity and family archives, often incorporating found photographs, text, and layered surfaces that create a palimpsest effect. Lovell's formal approach combines meticulous draftsmanship with deliberately fractured compositions, addressing absence, memory, and genealogical inquiry within postwar American culture.
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- Whitfield Lovell
- Year
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 45 in. × 23 1/2 in. × 10 in. (114.3 × 59.7 × 25.4 cm) Weight: 16.8 lb. (7.6 kg)
- Watts ID
- WW-2000-529165
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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