Byzantine

Collage

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Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Byzantine

Artwork Details

Medium

Decoupage with Stitches

Collection

Permanent Art Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection, Vogel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1970.2

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. William D. (Virginia B.) Vogel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Lucia Stern

Date made

1954

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

44 in

Width

31-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

35 in

Width

23-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Milwaukee Public Library holds related resources: Erich and Lucia Stern Papers, 1846-1987. Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 348. Wisconsin Visual Artists Records, 1900-2019. Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 332. Lucia Stern: A Re-Evaluation, July 20-October 8, 1989 (Milwaukee, WI: The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1989), Call Number: 709.73 S8415. Criteria for Modern Art, by Lucia K. Stern (Milwaukee, WI, 1971), Call Number: 701 S839C. Base Criteria for Contemporary Painting and Sculpture: A Gallery-Goer’s Guide and What to Like in Modern Art, by Lucia K. Stern (Milwaukee, WI, 1959), Call Number: 701 S839. “Designer at Work”: One Man Show, October 15th through November 22nd, 1959 (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Center, 1960), Call Number: 759.1 S838. German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographical Dictionary, by Peter C. Merrill (Madison, WI: Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 1997), pp. 123-124. Call Number: 709.77595 M571. Wisconsin Directions: [Exhibition] September 19 through November 2, 1975 (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Center, 1975), pp. 97-98. Call Number: 709.775 M6625. Collecting the Art of Wisconsin: The Early Years (West Bend, WI: West Bend Art Museum, 1996), p. ix. Call Number: 708.1 C6973. MPL Art Department Clipping File (“Stern, Lucia,” in AMR Clippings).

Exhibitions

Notes

"Wisconsin Masters Series: Lucia Stern," Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, December 11, 2005-January 29, 2006. "Lucia Stern: A Reevaluation," Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, July 20-October 3, 1989 (write-up in 8/20/1989 MJ).

Interpretative Labels

Label

One of the most important historic Wisconsin women artists, Lucia Stern was an early proponent and national leader of non-objective art. The artist also helped shape a number of important Milwaukee art institutions, including the Milwaukee Art Museum and Marquette University Haggerty Museum of Art. Milwaukee Public Library holds many related materials, including a collection of Stern’s personal and artist papers.