Painting
Object number2014.44.1
Artist
Jane Haskell
(1923 - 2013)
MediumPaper/Paint
Credit LineGift of Estate of Jane Haskell
DescriptionPainting on rectangular white paper. Seated nude female figure. Front view with figure's arms crossed over crossed legs. Seated on stool.Dimensions35.875 x 23.875 in. (91.1 x 60.6 cm)Historical NotesJane 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.
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