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Whitfield LovellWW-1990-M117461
1990·Oilstick and charcoal on paper·63 1/2 × 49 7/8" (161.3 × 126.7 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1990
Dimensions
63 1/2 × 49 7/8" (161.3 × 126.7 cm)

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Whitfield Lovell

Whitfield Lovell is an American artist born in 1959 whose practice engages portraiture and historical documentation through drawing, collage, and mixed media. His work centers on African American identity and family archives, often incorporating found photographs, text, and layered surfaces that create a palimpsest effect. Lovell's formal approach combines meticulous draftsmanship with deliberately fractured compositions, addressing absence, memory, and genealogical inquiry within postwar American culture.

Bronx, NY, USA

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Year
1990
Dimensions
63 1/2 × 49 7/8" (161.3 × 126.7 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1990-M117461

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Source
moma
Status
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Whitfield Lovell

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