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Donnamaria Bruton

Domestic Series: Expecting, ca. 1994

Description

Maker

  • Donnamaria Bruton, 1954-2012, American, (RISD Faculty 1992-2012, Painting)

Title

Domestic Series: Expecting

Year

ca. 1994

Medium

Pastel monotype on gray paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 29 x 38.1 cm (11 7/16 x 15 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto in grphite, l.r.: DMB. Verso: Verso in graphite below plate: Domestic Series: Expecting (not in artist's hand); u.r.: 024; l.r. DB 76 in circle.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Esther Mauran Acquisitions Fund

Object Number

2020.65.3

Projects & Publications

Publications

Shahzia Sikander

Extraordinary Realities

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Shahzia Sikander

November 12, 2021 - January 30, 2022

Sikander’s appreciation for Donnamaria Bruton’s loose mark-making, experimental techniques, and feminist subject matter is especially evident when Domestic Series is viewed alongside Sikander’s own work in pastel monotype. Bruton’s expressive backdrops set the stage for images honoring and critiquing housework, in particular her grandmother’s labor as a maid. Both Bruton’s and Sikander’s vocabularies include headless figures, which suggest the disregard for women in patriarchal societies—a frequent topic of conversation between the two artists.

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