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Willard Dixon
Untitled

2020

About the Item

These paintings that the artist calls his "NEWS series" are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” This is 'Untitled' a 24 x 4 inch oil on canvas portrait of a young black man wearing a hoodie. An American portrait. A face. A man. Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Selected museum collections: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Oakland Museum of California
  • Creator:
    Willard Dixon (1942, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2.75 in (6.99 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Burlingame, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: DIXW-2321stDibs: LU37536630172
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