Drawing
Object number2014.44.14
Artist
Jane Haskell
(1923 - 2013)
Date1987
MediumPaper/Graphite
Credit LineGift of Estate of Jane Haskell
DescriptionGraphite drawing on rectangular white graph paper with light purple grid lines. Geometric shapes outlined in graphite surrounded by notes about dimensions, construction, and details.Dimensions21.063 x 36.25 in. (53.5 x 92.1 cm)SignedHandwritten graphite text in bottom right corner "©J. Haskell 1987".
MarksHandwritten graphite text on the right side at center "PLATFORM fo NEON: Det. / END OF NEON TUBE / EDGING AROUND OBJECTS" and in bottom right corner "SCALE 4" = 1' ".
Historical NotesConstruction with Light IV drawing. Jane Haskell, born Shirley Jane Zirinsky, was born in Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York on November 24, 1923, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 28, 2013. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1944 where she studied painting and design. She married Edward Norton Haskell in August of 1945. The family moved from New York to Pittsburgh in 1949. She earned a master's degree in art history from the University of Pittsburgh in 1961. She taught at Duquesne University for a decade. In her early career she was a painter and sculptor, and in 1979 she began to incorporate neon and light elements into her artwork. "Early in her career, she signed paintings "J. Haskell," believing she would have greater success in the art world if her gender was ambiguous." [see article in object file.]
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