The Housekeeper's Terror

Painting

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Housekeeper's Terror

Entry/Object ID

2014.54

Description

Pale hand holding knife with teacup and fork balanced on top of it, with another knife floating in the air on L side of canvas also balancing teacup and teo butterknives

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic silver dust on canvas

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of the Ellen Lanyon Estate

Made/Created

Artist

Lanyon, Ellen

Date made

1968 - 1969

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

BR corner of recto in gray pigment

Notes

Inscription Type: "Lanyon 68"

Transcription

graphite center of canvas verso

Notes

Inscription Type: "The Housekeepers Terror (c) Ellen Lanyon 68-69"

Transcription

graphite in TL of frame verso

Notes

Inscription Type: "The Housekeepers Terror"

Location

acrylic and silver dust on canvas, 1968-69, 40x40

Transcription

"Ellen Lanyon (Am. b. 1926) The Housekeepers Terror...

Notes

Inscription Type: Valerie Carberry Gallery label

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

canvas

Width

40 in

Length

40 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

41-1/2 in

Depth

1-3/4 in

Length

41-1/2 in