Lavender Evening

© Alice Baber Estate

Lavender Evening

On view

Art Museum Reception
Edward E. Matthews Reception Area

Lavender Evening,

1970

Alice Baber, American, 1928–1982
y1983-35
To make Lavender Evening, Baber poured diluted oil paint directly onto the canvas, a technique known as stain painting. The thin paint absorbs into the canvas and creates the impression of pools of transparent color. Baber traveled widely, drawing inspiration from several international styles of abstract painting. In 1964, she was invited by Gutai, a group of experimental Japanese artists, to visit Osaka as part of a residency meant to spur conversation about abstract art between American and Japanese artists.

Information

Title
Lavender Evening
Dates

1970

Maker
Alice Baber
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101 x 75.5 cm. (39 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.) frame: 104.1 x 78.4 x 4.1 cm. (41 x 30 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Alice Baber Estate through Norbert N. Nelson, Executor, Class of 1950
Object Number
y1983-35
Inscription
Written in blue, on canvas turned over top of stretcher: Baber Lavender Evening 1970
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
abstraction, multicolored, orange, yellow, blue, purple, purple

Estate of the artist; [A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York]; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1983.

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