Drawing
Object number2014.44.27
Artist
Jane Haskell
(1923 - 2013)
Date1983
MediumPaper/Graphite/Colored Pencil
Credit LineGift of Estate of Jane Haskell
DescriptionDrawn proposal for a neon installation. Graphite and colored pencil drawing on long rectangular white graph paper with light purple grid lines. Drawing features a series of colored lines in different sections.Dimensions36.25 x 79.25 in. (92.1 x 201.3 cm)SignedHandwritten graphite text in the bottom right corner "Jane Haskell '83 ©".
MarksHandwritten graphite text in the bottom right corner "NORTH WALL \ CENTER PLATFORM / PROPOSAL FOR NEON INSTALLATION / colors symbolizing dawn & dusk controlled by dimmers / & timers / Scale: 2" = 1' / Jane Haskell '83 ©".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of drawings and paintings by Jane Haskell. 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.
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