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Artist Robert Crewe (American, 1930 - 2014)

Date1993

MediumAcrylic and paper on wood

Dimensions74 × 64 in. (188 × 162.6 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineGift of David and Wendy Jones

Object number2019.11.1

Label TextArtist Statement, 1968: "My work was always instinctual. I believe in chance, thrift shops, found objects. In crafting records, for instance, I might hear an old Harry James riff and weave it into a Freddie Cannon song. The sound of someone slamming the studio door might become the hook. I view art the same. In the fifties I was close to Otto Fen, the fashion photographer, who introduced me to Andy Warhol. I was working with linen and burlap, applying resin, molding, hardening and covering it with sand, beads and shells. Very organic, very physical. Andy considered my stuff edgy and arranged a show at Bodley Gallery. Reviews were strong, interest high, but in the sixties the music business shot even higher."
-Robert Crewe

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Not on view

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