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Richard Merkin

1917: Scott Joplin at Bellevue, 1984

Description

Maker

Richard Merkin, 1938-2009, American, (RISD MFA 1963, Painting; RISD Faculty 1963-2009, Painting)

Title

1917: Scott Joplin at Bellevue

Year

1984

Medium

Pastel on handmade paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

pastel (crayon)

Supports

paper

Dimensions

83.8 x 106.7 cm (33 x 42 inches)

Type

Credit

Gift of the artist in memory of Danny Robbins

Object Number

1996.44

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006

Richard Merkin is a longtime RISD faculty member who has worked concurrently for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. He is known for his depiction of baseball teams and pop culture as well as his portraits, most often executed in pastel. This image depicts the great jazz-age composer Scott Joplin during his final year of life at Bellevue, a hospital for the infirm and insane. Merkin shows the pianist not at his piano, but in his hospital room as an ominous figure with his back turned against the viewer.

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