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Alfonso Ossorio

Ida Lupino, 1946

Description

Maker

Title

Ida Lupino

Year

1946

Medium

Ink, wax and watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

75.6 x 64.8 cm (29 11/16 x 25 1/2 inches) (frame)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Tag on back:Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Type

Credit

Gift of the Alfonso Ossorio Foundation

Object Number

2007.115.3

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Facing Artists

February 27 - July 31, 2009

Alfonso Ossorio, who was inspired by both the detailed paintings of the Northern Renaissance and the anxious, dream-like imagery of the European Surrealists,
created this portrait of actress Ida Lupino (American, 1918–1995) just after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. We do not know the circumstances for
his unusual portrait. Perhaps Ossorio was simply a fan of Lupino’s films, in which she played the tough leading lady alongside such actors as Humphrey Bogart and
Edward G. Robinson.

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