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Towards Identity

An oil painting of a colorful female face on a white background. The woman wears glasses and large, hoop earrings, and is rendered in blue, red, yellow, and purples shades that create a kaleidoscopic effect.

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  • An oil painting of a colorful female face on a white background. The woman wears glasses and large, hoop earrings, and is rendered in blue, red, yellow, and purples shades that create a kaleidoscopic effect.

Date:

1970

Artist:

Nelson Stevens
American, 1938-2022

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Nelson Stevens

Title

Towards Identity

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1968–1972

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

120.6 × 120.6 cm (47 1/2 × 47 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. James and Jetta Jones

Reference Number

1999.940

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