Drawing
Object number2014.44.18
Artist
Jane Haskell
(1923 - 2013)
Date1986
MediumPaper/Graphite/Colored Pencil/Ink(?)
Credit LineGift of Estate of Jane Haskell
DescriptionGraphite and colored pencil drawing on rectangular white graph paper with light purple grid lines. Bordered in graphite rectangle, the drawing depicts a blue and black panther with colored lines emanating upward from its back in a tree-like shape with a geometric representation of the Cathedral of Learning to the right in yellow and orange.Dimensions25.938 x 36.25 in. (65.9 x 92.1 cm)SignedHandwritten text along the bottom on right © J. Haskell MAY - JUNE '86".
MarksHandwritten graphite and ink(?) text along the bottom: on the left "Proposal for Neon Installation w/ Computerized Sequential Timer / University of Pittsburgh Student Union / Scale 1 1/2" = 1' / 12' x 18' "; right of center "White / Yellow / Orange / Sapphire Blue / Light Blue / Purple / Lemon / Citron / Peacock Blue / Green / Lavender / Olive Green / Apricot / Salmon"; and right © J. Haskell MAY - JUNE '86".
Historical NotesThis drawing, along with several others, are related to the artist's proposal for a neon installation at the University of Pittsburgh Student Union also known as the William Pitt Union. 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.]
Related institution
University of Pittsburgh
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