EMMA AMOS (1937 - 2020) The Gorilla (Mountain Gorilla).
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EMMA AMOS (1937 - 2020)
The Gorilla (Mountain Gorilla).
Acrylic, ink and monotype with fabric collage on shaped, mounted paper, 1985. 610x813 mm; 24x32 inches. Signed, titled "Mountain Gorilla" and dated in pencil, upper edge. With the artist's original hand-written label on the frame back.
Provenance: private corporate collection, New York.
Amos deconstructed traditional representations by embracing experimental techniques as a painter, printmaker and weaver. In a related painting, Josephine and the Mountain Gorillas, 1985, Amos imagined Josephine Baker walking through an abstract expressionist color field painting followed by two gorillas.
The Gorilla (Mountain Gorilla).
Acrylic, ink and monotype with fabric collage on shaped, mounted paper, 1985. 610x813 mm; 24x32 inches. Signed, titled "Mountain Gorilla" and dated in pencil, upper edge. With the artist's original hand-written label on the frame back.
Provenance: private corporate collection, New York.
Amos deconstructed traditional representations by embracing experimental techniques as a painter, printmaker and weaver. In a related painting, Josephine and the Mountain Gorillas, 1985, Amos imagined Josephine Baker walking through an abstract expressionist color field painting followed by two gorillas.
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EMMA AMOS (1937 - 2020) The Gorilla (Mountain Gorilla).
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