Oxbow 119

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Oxbow 119

Entry/Object ID

2019.04

Description

'Eaten away parts silvery ice ellipses matching socks' is written in pink, blue, and orange in the faint outline of a flag above multicolored skull and crossbones fence.

Artwork Details

Medium

gouache on paper

Context

Chicago artist Deborah Boardman’s subject matter ranges from her studio interiors, sacred architecture, and history to portraits of friends and family, ethereal memories, and mortality. Primarily a painter, Boardman’s diaphanous color palette and paint handling particularly true in her later works have been described as “what life looks like in that gracious limbo between life and death.” But, in addition to the material aspects, the generosity in her collaborations with others, her friendships and spiritual curiosities are also somehow conveyed in her physical works.

Acquisition

Accession

2019.04-06

Source or Donor

Joseph Ferguson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Family of Deborah Marie Boardman

Made/Created

Artist

Deborah Boardman

Date made

2014

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

mortality, biological concepts, scientific concepts, time, physics concepts, physical sciences concepts, Chicago windows, windows, openings (architectural elements), architectural elements, components (objects parts), female, sex (biological characteristic), spiritualism, philosophical concepts

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Components (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Objects Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall; 22

Width

30 in

Length

22 in