About this artwork
Now well known as an art critic based in New York, Saltz dropped out of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to cofound N.A.M.E. Gallery—for years one of Chicago’s most important noncommercial spaces—in 1973. This triptych was inspired by Canto III of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem the Divine Comedy, which takes place in Hell. Though Saltz clearly demonstrated talent, he succumbed to self-doubt and took a hiatus from creating art, working as a truck driver hauling art over long distances (which gave him plenty of time to develop his critical thinking skills).
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jerry Saltz
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Title
- Canto III 1 #124
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1978
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Medium
- Oil pastel and graphite, with incising, on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- 56.8 × 76.1 cm (22 3/8 × 30 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Shorr
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Reference Number
- 1979.372
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