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Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled,
1965 Courtesy of Washington Art Consortium, Virginia Wright
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COOLEY GALLERY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
AMERICAN ART ON PAPER Works
on Paper: American Art 1945–1975,
on display at the Cooley Gallery last fall, featured paintings,
prints, and drawings on paper, primarily from the Washington Art
Consortium Collection, by some of the most recognized artists of
the twentieth century. Artists included Josef Albers, Richard Diebenkorn,
Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, and Robert
Rauschenberg. The works produced by the artists highlighted in
Works on Paper were seminal in the dialogue about modernism. On
opening night noted art historian Leo Steinberg discussed “The
Mute Image and the Meddling Text” in a lecture sponsored
by the Stephen Ostrow Distinguished Visitors Program in the Visual
Arts. Steinberg has lectured widely on 20th-century art and published
numerous books, including most recently Leonardo’s Incessant
Last Supper (2001).
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