Ivy (Reclining with Blue Shirt)
Ivy (Reclining with Blue Shirt)
Artist
Mary Beth McKenzie
(American, born 1946)
Date2015
Dimensions60 × 50 in. (152.4 × 127 cm)
Frame: 61 1/2 × 51 1/2 in. (156.2 × 130.8 cm)
Frame: 61 1/2 × 51 1/2 in. (156.2 × 130.8 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number
2019.24
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02A, Wolfe
DescriptionIvy (Reclining with Blue Shirt) is a quiet, but very powerful portrait by Mary Beth McKenzie. The reclining subject, curled up with her head on a pillow, gazes wistfully into the distance.
Published ReferencesBarnett, Susan, Mary Beth McKenzie: A Life in Art, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 2018 [exh. cat.].Exhibition HistoryErie, Pennsylvania, Erie Art Museum, Mary Beth McKenzie: A Life in Art, July 13-September 24, 2018.
280-290 CE (with 15th century recarving)
2nd century CE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
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