Artist
Edna Andrade American, 1917–2008
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Space Frame B
Date1965
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 1/8 × 50 1/8 in. (127.3 × 127.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Locks Foundation
Object number2003.727
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Edna Andrade", East Hampton Gallery, New York,1967.
"Edna Andrade: Recent Paintings," Peale Galleries, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,Philadelphia,1967.
"Edna Andrade: The Past and the Present, Paintings 1960-1992,"Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, March 1–29, 1997.
"Edna Andrade: Optical Paintings, 1963-1986," The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, January 18– April 6, 2003.
"Edna Andrade," Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond University, Virginia,
October 27, 2015–February 8, 2016.
"Edna Andrade," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, June 24–October 2, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Conservation notes marked on verso canvas around the perimeter: "... 1993 CLEANED, VARNISHED ... WITH MINERAL SPIRITS" (see file for images)
Signed in silver paint, recto lower left: "EA"
Signed in ink on verso canvas, top stretcher: "EDNA ANDRADE"
Signed in ink on verso canvas, top stretcher: "EDNA ANDRADE"
Printed labels on verso stretchers:
"East Hampton Gallery / ... (torn) WEST 56th STREET, NEW YORK 19, N.Y. ... (torn)"
"Locks GALLERY / 600 Washington Square South / Philadelphia, PA 19106 / EA035 / Andrade, Edna, b. 1917 / Space Frame B, 1965 / ..."
"LOCKS GALLERY / 600 Washington Square South / Philadelphia, PA 19106 / Andrade, Edna, (American born 1917) / Space Frame B, 1965 / ... EA035-65 / Exhibited: ... (see exhibition history)
(second printed card) ...Notes: From 1965 to 1967 Andrade completed a series of four space Frames, A, B, C, and D in oil, each... They are based on the 1965, Space Frame Study, gouache on board ... Space Frame A, 1965, collection John Murchinson, New York, (acquired in 1968), Space Frame C, 1965, collection Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, purchased (purchased 1968) through the Childe Hassam Fund... Space Frame D, collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, (acquired 1994)." (see file for copy)"
"East Hampton Gallery / ... (torn) WEST 56th STREET, NEW YORK 19, N.Y. ... (torn)"
"Locks GALLERY / 600 Washington Square South / Philadelphia, PA 19106 / EA035 / Andrade, Edna, b. 1917 / Space Frame B, 1965 / ..."
"LOCKS GALLERY / 600 Washington Square South / Philadelphia, PA 19106 / Andrade, Edna, (American born 1917) / Space Frame B, 1965 / ... EA035-65 / Exhibited: ... (see exhibition history)
(second printed card) ...Notes: From 1965 to 1967 Andrade completed a series of four space Frames, A, B, C, and D in oil, each... They are based on the 1965, Space Frame Study, gouache on board ... Space Frame A, 1965, collection John Murchinson, New York, (acquired in 1968), Space Frame C, 1965, collection Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, purchased (purchased 1968) through the Childe Hassam Fund... Space Frame D, collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, (acquired 1994)." (see file for copy)"
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