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Not on viewObject number2009.33
Red Parrot
Artist
Paul Jenkins
(American, 1923-2012)
Date1964
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionssheet: 31 × 23 in. (78.7 × 58.4 cm)
image: 30 × 22 1/8 in. (76.2 × 56.2 cm)
mat: 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
image: 30 × 22 1/8 in. (76.2 × 56.2 cm)
mat: 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Collins from the Charles and Charlotte Collins Collection
Exhibition History"A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and '70s from the Collins Collection," KIA Galleries 2&5 (Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011).
"Drawn to Abstraction," Charles H. MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, IA (June 24 - August 20, 2016).
"Drawn to Abstraction," Sardoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (August 25 - November 1, 2020).Label TextPaul Jenkins is known for creating sheets of transparent color through his process of pouring paint on canvas. Red Parrot achieves a similar effect via the print medium. His personal interest in mysticism and unorthodox application of paint are consistent with the Abstract Expressionist philosophy and aesthetic.
