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Mervin JulesWW-1955-119865

1955·Color woodcut on buff Japanese paper·75 × 35.3 cm (29 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1955
Medium: Color woodcut on buff Japanese paper
Dimensions: 75 × 35.3 cm (29 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Mervin Jules

Artist

Mervin Jules

Painting

Mervin Jules was an American painter active in the postwar period whose work bridged abstraction and figuration. Working primarily in oil, he developed a distinctive approach to composition that engaged with both modernist formal concerns and social realist traditions.

Baltimore, MD, USA

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