Brush's Shadow
Elizabeth Murray
American, 1940–2007

Details
Title
Brush's Shadow
Artist/Maker
Elizabeth Murray (American, 1940–2007)
Date
1981
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
116 x 86 1/2 inches
Credit
Gift of Frances Floyd Cocke
Accession #
1981.54
On View
Currently not on view
Through the combination of autobiographical references and allusions to everyday life in her work, Elizabeth Murray expanded the boundaries of large-scale abstract painting. In fact, Brush’s Shadow is a kind of self-portrait, composed of vaguely recognizable forms that are usually derived from objects such as tables, shoes, and coffee cups. The central green shape represents a brush (“the tool I use to communicate with”); the shape behind it (the “brush’s shadow”) is a figure, a substitute for the artist herself.
Image Copyright
© Elizabeth Murray
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