Ter Fome Series I
Artist
Manuel Neri
(American, born 1930)
Date1997
Mediumwater-based pigments, charcoal on paper
DimensionsImage: 87 × 45 1/2 in. (221 × 115.6 cm)
Frame: 89 3/8 × 47 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (227 × 120.3 × 4.8 cm)
Frame: 89 3/8 × 47 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (227 × 120.3 × 4.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Bob Nurock, 2015
Object number2015.25
DescriptionAbstracted female figure in yellows and dark purpleseMuseum Notes
Manuel Neri is a northern California-based artist known for his figurative sculptures that are, like this drawing, life-size.
Neri, who studied under painters Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bishoff and Frank Lobdell, takes a painterly approach to figurative sculpture by marking his figures with paint and scratches. Neri uses areas of color in a similar way in Ter Forme Series I. Gesture, pose, and body language, combined with surface treatment, express emotional states in both his sculptures and his drawings.
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