Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Tri-Kappa |
Catalog Number |
1999.001.085 |
Title |
What If the Sun Shone Not |
Artist |
Coblentz, Lee |
Object Name |
painting |
Date |
1968 |
Description |
Original oil painting of a vase of flowers, painted in a pastel color palette. WHAT IF THE SUN SHOWN NOT Hoosier Salon 1968 Lee Coblentz Oil, 15.5 X 11.5 No. 93 |
Provenance |
Purchased from the Hoosier Salon in 1968. Oil in delicate variations of pinks and blues, in a style described by the artist as "abstract realism" … color is very important to her … sometimes mixes paint for an hour and paints for 15 minutes … the painting was awarded second prize for "?owers-oil" given by Psi Iota Xi Sorority … majored in Art Education at Peru State Teachers College, Peru, Nebraska… started painting in 1960 ... studied at workshops in Michigan and Illinois and studied color under Joseph Chase in New York… her paintings have won many prizes in exhibitions all over northern Indiana. |
Medium |
oil on board |
Dimensions |
H-15.5 W-11.5 inches |
Catalog date |
1999-12-13 |