Art Is a Language

Painting

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Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum

Ilise Greenstein (1928–1985), Art Is a Language, 1979, acrylic, graphite an aluminum powder on unstretched canvas, 115 1/2 x 116 in. Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, Gift of the Greenstein Family (2024.10). Photo: Adam Reich.

Ilise Greenstein (1928–1985), Art Is a Language, 1979, acrylic, graphite an aluminum powder on unstretched canvas, 115 1/2 x 116 in. Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, Gift of the Greenstein Family (2024.10). Photo: Adam Reich.

Name/Title

Art Is a Language

Entry/Object ID

2024.10

Description

Large rhomboid canvas, painted with nonrepresentational, vaguely organic areas of yellow, red, and silver, affixed to the ceiling and walls at the top and side corners; at the center, painted in green, is the phrase "ART IS A LANGUAGE"

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic, Graphite, Aluminum Powder, Canvas

Made/Created

Artist

Ilise Greenstein

Date made

1979

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Canvas, flat, oriented as a rhombus

Height

115-1/2 in

Width

116 in

Dimension Description

Canvas, flat

Height

79-3/4 in

Width

83-3/8 in

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Greenstein Family Partnership