Day Clean
<p>Eldzier Cortor, <em>Day Clean</em>, c. 1945–1946. Oil on linen, overall: 35 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (89.2 × 76.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Elizabeth Hess in memory of Dr. George Ornstein 2023.63</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1945
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Dimensions
- Overall: 35 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (89.2 × 76.5 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Eldzier Cortor
Artist
Painting
Eldzier Cortor was an American painter and printmaker whose work emerged from the postwar African American artistic tradition. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a distinctive approach to figuration that combined modernist spatial flattening with intimate domestic and social scenes. His technical mastery of printmaking and careful compositional control established him as a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century American art.
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- Eldzier Cortor
- Year
- 1945
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Dimensions
- Overall: 35 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (89.2 × 76.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1945-167590
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified