Exhibition Checklist: Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin
Curator: Edward Aiken
Venue: SUArt Galleries
Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 23, 2011
Jerome Witkin
American, b. 1939
1Drawing of Mary W, 1959
conté crayon on paper
14 x 10 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2Box of Algerian Dates, 1972
mixed media on paper
19 x 25 ¼ inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
73.55
3 Study for Kill-Joy: To the Passions of Käthe Kollwitz, 1975
pencil on paper
19 x 25 ¼ inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of Antoinette Kraushaar
76.126
4Study for first version of/for a painting about Käthe Kollwitz [Kill Joy], 1975
pencil on paper
16 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Sieg
84.3
5Kill-Joy: To the Passions of Käthe Kollwitz, 1975-76
oil on canvas
73 x 79 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
76.47
6Inside, Outside, 1976
oil on canvas
50 x 48 inches
The Everson Museum of Art
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Funds
79.9
7Jeff Davies, 1976
oil on canvas
24 x 26 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of the artist
77.18
8Study for the Rembrandt Painting, 1976
oil on heavy wove paper
11 7/8 x 18 13/16 inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of David Tatham and Cleota Reed
92.37.2
9The Devil as a Tailor, 1978-1979
oil on canvas
72 x 65 inches
Collection of James and Barbara Palmer, State College, PA
10Jeff Davies, Large than Life (Study), 1979
pencil on paper
17 x 14 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art
83.4
11First Study for Jeff Davies, 1979
pencil on paper
17 x 14 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art
83.5
12Study of David Tatham, 1979
charcoal and white chalk on tan wove paper
12 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of David Tatham and Cleota Reed
93.35.1
13Self-Portrait Fragment, 1979
graphite on cream wove paper
19 x 15 ¼ inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of David Tatham and Cleota Reed
95.23
14The Act of Judith, 1979-80
oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of the National Academy of Design, Henry Ward Ranger Fund
83.45
15Jeff Davies, 1980
oil on canvas
72 x 48 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Purchase Fund
82.25
16Little Theatre: Study for Panel 3, Death as an Usher, 1981
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 30 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
17Subway: A Marriage, 1981-83
oil on canvas
72x48 / 72x54 / 72x60 / 72x66 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
18Portrait of a Girl, 1982
pastel and charcoal on pink spiral notebook paper
18 x 12 inches
Gift of Domenic J. and Maureen Iacono
SUAC 1983.114
19Ed Zajec, 1982
oil on canvas
24 x 17 7/8 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Gift of George and Margaret Downsbrough
2001.7
20Portrait of William Hull, Founding Director of Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 1971-1983, 1983
oil on canvas
26 x 22 inches
Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art
83.11
21Tit for Tat, 1983-84
oil on canvas
62 x 73 inches
Collection of Georgia and Nat Kramer
22untitled study for Division Street, 1984
graphite on paper
24 x 19 inches
Private collection
23Francine Street Posing in Anger, 1984
pencil on paper
24 x 19 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
24Leaving Father, 1984
oil on wove paper
24 1/8 x 19 1/16 inches
Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Gift of Grant Holcomb
99.9
25Study for the Holocaust Series, c1984
graphite on wove paper
11 7/8 x 18 13/16 inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of David Tatham and Cleota Reed
92.37.3
26Sketchbook for ‘Division Street’, 1984-1985
blue and black ink and graphite on paper
9 ¾ x 7 ½ inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of the artist
96.15
27Division Street, 1984-1985
oil on linen
63 ¼ x 75 1/8/ 63 x 81 1/8/63 x 87 1/8 inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Museum purchase, in part, by the William and Catherine Palmer Fund
96.14a-c
28Elvira Alderman, 1986
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Collection of Georgia and Nat Kramer
29Study for Terminal, Figure of Va-Va, 1986
pencil on paper
24 x 17 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
30Va-Va in Second Hand Rose, 1987
oil on linen
75 x 56 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
31Terminal, 1987
oil on linen
123 x 70 ½ inches
Courtesy of Mary and Vaughn Lang
32The Beating Station and After, Berlin (study), 1989-1990
charcoal on wove paper
50 ¼ x 31 9/16 inches
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Gift of the artist in loving memory of Art Kane
95.13
33The Beating Station and After, Berlin, 1933, 1989-1990
oil on canvas
42 ½ x 132 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
34Final Pose for Panel #3 Butcher’s Helper, Buchenwald, 1941-45, 1991
conté crayon on wove paper
17 x 18 inches
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sebastian Clarke
SUAC 2010.0020
35The Butcher's Helper, Buchenwald, 1941 -45, 1991-92
oil on canvas
124 x 290 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
36The Beauty Contest (Noose/Tag on Neck), 1996
charcoal on paper
23 ¼ x 18 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
37Left Hand as Actor, 1998
lithograph on wove paper
16 x 18 inches
Collection purchase
SUAC 1999.0082
38Left Hand...Steadily Employed, 1998
lithograph on wove paper
13 x 19 inches
Collection purchase
SUAC 1999.0081
39Hands as Actors in Our Twentieth Century, 1998
lithograph on wove paper
15 ½ x 18 inches
Collection purchase
SUAC 1999.0080
40Words: Sara in Pain, 1999
oil on canvas
32 ½ x 31 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
41Butternut and Salt Streets, 1999
charcoal on paper
30 x 22 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
42Baboons study for Entering Darkness, 1998-2002
charcoal on paper
24 ¼ x 19 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
43Entering Darkness, 1998-2002
oil on linen
67 x 76/ 72 x 42/ 75 x 30/ 77 x 59/ 109 x 104/ 130 x 76 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
44Thomas Szasz, 2000
oil on canvas
48 x 38 inches
Courtesy of Upstate Medical University
45Self-Portrait in Amsterdam, 2001
charcoal on paper
22 ½ x 18 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
46Taken and Returned, 2002
oil on linen
50 x 41 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
47Taken, 2002-2003
oil on linen
63 x 48/ 84 x 135 ½/108 x 94 ½/ 77 x 57 ¼ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
48Maurine Lorincz in Subway, 2003
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon and collage on paper
29 ¼ x 22 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
49Hanna Posing, 2003
charcoal on paper
24 x 18 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
50Self-Portrait (Red and Black,) 2004
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon on paper
24 x 18 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
51Self Portrait- Nervous, 2004
graphite, conté crayon, and Prismacolor crayon on paper
24 x 18 inches
Gift of Edward A. and Cathleen O. Aiken
SUAC 2011.0272
52The Insult and Young Martin, 2004-2007
oil on canvas
30' long
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
531st site drawing of Brianne Gary “Roofies,”2006
graphite on paper
24 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
54Roofies, 2005
oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
55Study for Kyla H. Asleep, 2005
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon on paper
33 ¾ x 21 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
56Trish Rounds, c2005
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon on paper
18 x 23 ½ inches
Courtesy of ACA Galleries, New York
57Study for the Daughters of Peter Rounds (The Twins), c2005
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon and collage on paper
45 ½ x 34 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
58The Rounds Twins, Before the Camera, 2005
oil on canvas
81 x 63 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
59Sara Nora Medwid, 2006
pencil on paper
34 x 22 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
60Looking: Bob Bersani in the Studio, 2006
oil on linen
48 x 48 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
61Jennifer Samson (Second Study,) 2007
pencil on paper
13 x 11 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
62Painter and Model, 2008
oil on canvas
81 x 72 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
63Nicole T. as Woman on the Jerusalem Bus, 2008
graphite, conté crayon, and Prismacolor crayon on paper
24 x 18 inches
Gift of Domenic J. and Maureen Iacono
SUAC 2011.0271
64Chelsea Fierst, 2009
oil on canvas
23 x 26 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
65Sarah Miles, 2009
oil on canvas
23 x 26 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
66Stacey French, 2009
oil on canvas
23 x 26 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
67Study 2- Stacey French posing for the Torn and the Mending [The Two of Us, Bergen-Belsen], 2008
graphite, conté crayon, and Prismacolor crayon on paper
23 ½ x 26 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
68Study for the Blasted Tree for the Torn and the Mending panel 2 [The Two of Us, Bergen-Belsen], 2008
graphite, conté crayon, and Prismacolor crayon on paper
22 ½ x 34 ½ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
69The Two of Us, Bergen-Belsen, 1945 and Israel, 1951, 2009
oil on canvas
6'6 x 6' and 6'6 x 9'3”
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
70“Out” from Set Apart, In the Life of Benedict Joseph Labre, 1748-1783, c2009-2010
graphite, conté crayon, Prismacolor crayon and collage on paper
46 3/8 x 34 ¾ inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
71Bride-Noir, 2011
graphite and charcoal on paper
80 ¾ x 45 1/8 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
72Study for ‘What Remains on the Death of Children,’ 2011
graphite and charcoal on paper
42 ¼ x 81 3/8 inches
Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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