EPISODE · Aug 20, 2024 · 9 MIN
Minisode: A Whitney curator on how a painting by Eldzier Cortor found its way into the collection
from Artists Among Us · host Whitney Museum of American Art
Associate Curator Jennie Goldstein discusses how Day Clean, a painting by Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015), recently found its way into the Whitney's collection. She describes Cortor's interest in depicting Black American life in the South and how he drew influences from his travels to the Caribbean, African Art, European Surrealism, and American Realism.More about the exhibition: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/collection-1900-to-1965 See the art described in this minisode: https://whitney.org/collection/works/67747
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Associate Curator Jennie Goldstein discusses how Day Clean, a painting by Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015), recently found its way into the Whitney's collection. She describes Cortor's interest in depicting Black American life in the South and how he drew influences from his travels to the Caribbean, African Art, European Surrealism, and American Realism. More about the exhibition: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/collection-1900-to-1965 See the art described in this minisode: https://whitn...
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