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Date of Work

1980

Medium

Stained acrylic on canvas

Signature

No

Height

48"

Width

72"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Displayed: First floor, next to room W110, near staircase and elevators

Location

School of Medicine & Health Sciences Building

Additional Information

Marguerite Knight received her BA degree from the University College of Wales in the United Kingdom, her Diploma in Fine Art from Vesper George School of Art in Boston, and her MFA degree from UND. She has taught painting in the United Kingdom at the Bristol School of Art, the Open College of the Arts, and the Bristol Folk House.

The technique Knight used to make this painting was first used in the 1950s by American abstract painters Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Kenneth Noland. It involved letting watery acrylic paint to soak into raw (unprimed) canvas, rather than using a brush to apply strokes of paint. It was an abstract style that challenged earlier abstract expressionist paintings that were often more textured than the very flat surfaces yielded by the staining technique utilized in the painting on display.

Condition

Excellent

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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