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Janet Sobel
The Burning Bush1944

On view:
BCAM 3rd Floor, Modern Art
Vertical oil painting densely packed with looping lines, gestural marks, and semi-recognizable faces and bird forms across a mustard yellow, green, and red surface
Artist or Maker
Janet Sobel
Ukraine, active United States, 1894-1968
Title
The Burning Bush
Date Made
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Framed: 35 x 27 x 3 in. (88.9 x 68.6 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
American Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.2008.77
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Fort, Ilene Susan, Tere Arcq, with Terri Geis, eds. In Wonderland: the Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
Copyright
© Janet Sobel

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