The Poindexter Collection of Modern Art

Painting
1984.83.01
PINCONNING
Painting depicts a large tree in a field in front of a body of water. The reflection of the tree is in the water. The sky is a hazy blue color while the land and trees are different tones of green. The water is a blue green color and there is a greyi... View Full Record
Painting
1984.83.02
65-1
Large painting alternating vertical black stripes with vertical colored stripes ranging from deep blue to shades of green, red, and grey. The stripes are thin and long. Plain strip frame. Labels or marks: "65-1" on stretcher.... View Full Record
Painting
1984.83.03
GREY SEATED FIGURE
A painting which shows influences of the geometric style and futurism. The piece is made up of black lines which are maze-like and outline black, white and different tones of grey. The figure is highly abstracted and ???? of the head are shown in th... View Full Record
Painting
X1962.03.04
FOREST NO. 1
This painting is an abstract representation of a forest. It is comprised of multiple vertical elements painted in pinks, oranges, reds, blues, greens and yellows with the majority of the colors being pastels. Solid black lines on a diagonal are pre... View Full Record
Painting
X1963.08.01
LOCOMOTIVE
This painting is a heavily linear, geometric composition made up of curved and straight dark lines broken by modeled planes. As with other Goodnough paintings, the center of the canvas is dense, and full of activity, but opens up toward the edges of... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.05
BEACH FIGURES
This painting centers around a concentration of abstracted figures that are depicted in bright yellow, red and a brilliant green. All are outlined with a geometric drippy black border that reaffirms their shapes, though by no means constricting the... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.12
HORSES
A collection of long, undulating, multicolored brushstrokes converge to form a loose description of two or three horses set in a landscape. The background is a pale blue grey with areas of the ground showing through. The horses are set on a piece o... View Full Record
Painting
1984.83.06
APPOLO (sic)
This painting is brightly multi colored with patterned stripes on both sides flanking a center consisting of blue, orange, yellow, white, peach, green, and red dots. The stripes move vertically and are parallel to the dots except for one horizontal... View Full Record
Painting
X1964.04.04
UNTITLED
This work on paper is an abstract pastel that moves through irregular passages of color using line to alter the impact of these areas, often crosshatched or modeled in black and sometimes white. The sense of texture is implicit in the medium and the... View Full Record
Painting
1984.123.01
FAN M
This painting is of a multi colored fan with 8 triangular portions of different colors. The fan starts on the left side of the canvas where a blue triangle lays on its side. ON top of that are triangles that gradually rise up over to the right side o... View Full Record
Painting
1984.127.01
THE THERMAE (FORIO D' ISCHIA, NAPALI)
Needs to be cataloged Labels or marks: "Woelffer 59" in LLC... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.11
BIRD AND WHITE SAND
At the center of this painting is a chrome green rectangle with white lines being drawn from each corner, intersecting in the middle. Surrounding this rectangle is a black field with a yellow strip of color running horizontal across the top of the p... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.04
FORIO D'ISHIA #XVI
Originally titled 'Still Life' this painting has a dominate central field of orange upon which are arranged slate blue shapes outlined in black against a small tan rectangle, and below this a series of dark shapes arranged directly on the orange pain... View Full Record
Painting
X1960.05.01
WOMAN
This painting depicts a nude or partially nude seated woman. She is painted in white and outlined with thin black lines. The background is primarily pinks and yellows with small light green patches along the lower edges of the painting. De Kooning... View Full Record
Painting
X1964.04.03
UNTITLED (FIGURATIVE)
This drawing is an abstracted figure done on off white paper with a central mass of charcoal line hovering around a lemon yellow torso. The figure is centrally oriented and surrounded by unmarked paper. The charcoal line describes the majority of d... View Full Record
Painting
X1972.16.01
UNTITLED
This piece is an abstract which uses a dominant yellow tone surrounded by pink and orange with blue, violet, and green tones. These colours are sometimes bordered in black and other times escape and run into one another. A black "sponge like" smear... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.05
UNTITLED
Gestural work with pink background and black, green, yellow, and red acents. An abstract piece utilizing the "drip" and "action" painting methods to a certain degree. The different colours from shapes which interact with each other in the picture. ... View Full Record
Painting
X1962.03.01
MANTEL WITH BLACK FAN AND PLASTER CAST NO. 6
The image depicts a fireplace mantle with objects arranged along its length: bottle(s), plaster cast of nude torso, frame, and other unidentifiable objects on it. Done in thin washes of soft color with paper ground exposed in many places, esp. to de... View Full Record
Painting
X1963.08.02
SELF PORTRAIT
Head and shoulders portrait. A central oblong head dominates this painting. The paint handling is done with a palette knife and scraped onto the masonite support, heavily impastoed. Atop the head rests an amorphous oval painted purples and browns... View Full Record
Painting
X1964.04.02
VERLAINE
This portrait is suggestive, with description largely accomplished through contour lines and brushy strokes that outline the top of the head in a dark blue green and continue around in a scribble to indicate a beard. There are areas of light green a... View Full Record
Drawing
X1964.04.06
GRETA
This drawing is a profile of a woman with flowers. All visual elements are described through contour lines of charcoal and chalk with repeat applications so that one form may have five lines placing it in relation to the rest of the drawing, giving... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.01
LOLA MONTEZ
A very simple portrait of Lola Montez (modern burlesque queen of San Francisco and early mining camps circa 1850's -- see documents file). Done in contour and thin ink wash, the subject stands torso turned away in a grey shirt of thin, broad wash.... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.08
STILL LIFE
This painting is a composition that sets round voluptuous forms against the hard lines of verticals and horizontals. In the lower left corner are a series of three stacked gray ovals that form a flower vase and are topped by three cherry red circles... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.01
SMALL SINGLE BATHER
A small painting made up of multiple layers of wash depicting a figure composed of red and purple contour lines. There are indications of two arms, crossed legs, small breasts and an oval head whose center is a pure white while the underwash on the... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.02
UNTITLED (STILL LIFE)
This painting depicts three expressionistic circles scraped over a ground that shows the tooth of the canvas and worked layers of paint. To the left is a vertical brushstroke of veridian green while along the bottom of the painting lies a horizontal... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.01
FLOWERS
The odd material aspect of this piece is undeniably present. The grain of the canvas asserts itself in every line and open space depicted with the pastel. In addition, there is a dark gray film of charcoal that was done initially that taints every... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.04
UNTITLED (FIGURATIVE)
This is a portrait of two or three figures sitting in an indefinate space delineated through architectural elements. It is primarily done in charcoal contour line on a cream colored paper, though it has trace elements of pastel color sitting under t... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.05
RIVER BATHERS
Three unclad woman are arranged in repose on the banks of a river. Most of the painting is a charcoal grey color with spots of color made even more brilliant by the harsh contrast. A few brushstrokes of pure blue are found along the top edge, an ef... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.01
MANTEL WITH PLASTER CAST AND BLACK FAN
A very painterly depiction of a still life setting; a mantle with a variety of objects setting along it. The objects are tightly placed, overlapping each other slightly. The plaster cast of the title is only seen partially as the edge of the canvas... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.07
STILL LIFE WITH PLASTER CAST
Plaster cast dominates in center of picture. It is white but various colors highlight the curves of the body. The background is multi colored and various other objects (brown, yellow, and red, lie about the cast feet. Labels or marks: "still lif... View Full Record
Drawing
X1974.04.06
STILL LIFE - FLOWERS
Flowers in vase on table / shelf with various other objects in still - life. Black is the only color used and mainly outlines the objects. Left of vase and flowers is the shadow of the objects. Black used heavily on left side. Labels or marks... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.08
BON JOUR MR. DENIRO
In this painting, two orange,yellow abstracted figures are depicted. The on one the left stands while the on one the right sits. They are against a dark blue and green abstracted background. IN between the figures is a dark reddish black background. ... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.09
CRUCIFIXION
Abstraction of person on crucifix. Crucifix and person are red and white loincloth. Abstracted people in red, blue, orange, green and black seem to be standing around in the foreground. The background is multi-colored. Labels or marks: DeNIro... View Full Record
Drawing
X1974.04.10
GARBO
Chalk and charcoal profile of woman abstracted. She is outlined in black and wears a hat and coat. Her face and collar of her coat are white. She appears to be standing. Labels or marks: "Robert DeNiro, Garbo" recto-not by artist. MHS label a... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.11
SEATED BATHERS
Picture of two seated bathers with blue background and reddish-multi-colored figures. The figures are sitting on yellow white seats and the one on the left is wearing a greenish red hat. They face the audience. The paint is lightly impacto. Lab... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.12
STILL LIFE WITH PLASTER
Multicolored depcition of a still life including a plaster statue, vase and flowers possible mirror, window, and table and tablecloth. The painting is abstracted and the pieces are painted "close up" in perspective to the audiience. The plaster sta... View Full Record
Painting
X1962.03.02
CLEARING
This piece is painted in dominant deep blues and greens with purple and orange accents resulting in a heavily impastoed surface. The top of the painting contains some gestural brushstrokes that appear calligraphic in nature while the rest of the sur... View Full Record
Painting
X1962.03.05
MR. AND MRS. S.
Two figures dominate the right half of the painting posing in formal evening wear. The gentleman wears a tuxedo painted in greys, blacks and blue and the lady a suit with pants that reflect golds, deep oranges and reds . The space they stand in is... View Full Record
Painting
X1964.04.01
FIGURATION
Gouche and Ink on Paper This image is dominated by a white radial armed form made up of a central mass with six spokes extending to all four sides of the paper. There is a wave of motion that ripples through this central form. A white wash... View Full Record
Drawing
X1964.04.05
EP #16 (DRAWING NO. 1)
This drawing is a series of interwoven linear brushstrokes deliberately smeared in several directions to distort the clean edge of the mark. The black configuration of expressionistic lines on a cream colored paper recalls caligraphic influences. S... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.14
Seated Figure (DRAWING NO. 2)
This drawing is an abstract figurative piece which depicts 3/4 of the human figure. The brush stroke is quick and minimal with little definition in the body and facial features. Labels or marks: "JT / 54" in LRC. MHS label on recto.... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.03
UNTITLED (ABSTRACT)
This painting is a simple watercolor that takes advantage of the tooth of the paper with broad, single layered washes of saturated color. The brushstrokes and blocks of color are primarily horizontally oriented, intermingled with a few wide squares... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.07
PAINTING #1
This painting is covered in a textured impasto of paint daubs layered on with a palette knife in a range of colors that vary from ochres, reds, blacks, greys, whites and a slight blue purple color. The manner in which the paint is applied leaves no c... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.09
UNTITLED
The subject of this painting is five gestural strokes of color that overlap one another against a white background. Beginning at the top of the canvas, the first color is a horizontal band of primary red that has it's lower right corner overlapped b... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.10
PAINTING 1952
The built up surface of this painting is an accumulated layering of washes, glazes and scumbled brushstrokes. The central passage is a rectilinear semicircle of light greys with a strong vertical movement, made preeminent in contrast to the backgrou... View Full Record
Painting
X1965.06.13
SINGULAR DELIGHT
The dramatic interaction of this painting concerns three irregular circles all with inner circles (making them concentric). Two of these have orange outer rings with a black center and are joined along top and bottom to make a vertically oriented ir... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.03
PORTRAIT
Depiction of a figure's torso heavily reliant on blue with an interwoven pattern of interlocking diagonals that cut across figure and background alike. The diamond shapes that are formed from the diagonals are intermittent colors- blues, yellows reds... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.10
FIGURE (NO. 15)
This painting is a portrait of a person from the chest up. The person is highly abstracted and the paint has been applied geometrically, in planes. These planes come together to create a face made up of browns, blues, yellows, greens and reds. The sh... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.11
PAINTING NO. 3
Deep blues and purples make up this portrait of a person from the chest up. The person is highly abstracted with the body built up in geometric squares, rectangles, and triangles. The head is purple on the right side and blue, green, and red on the... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.12
NUDE FEMALE
This painting is a 3/4 portrait of a nude woman. She is abstracted and the paint is modeled around the form. The back ground is multi colored with mainly green, purple, yellow, and or orange tones, while the figure is mainly yellow with red hair an... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.07
PORTRAIT
This portrait is heavily abstracted and is a portrait of a person from the shoulders up. The figure is outlined in blacks and reds, oranges, yellows, blues, and greys are sponged and rolled randomly over the figure. The background is cream and the... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.13
PORTRAIT
... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.14
PORTRAIT (Self Portrait)
This portrait depicts a person from the chest up and is highly abstracted and geometric. As in other Kerkam paintings, the face and body is painted in multi colored planes varying from green, brown, red, blue, yellow, and violet. In this piece the... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.16
FEMALE HEAD
Portrait from neck up of female with shoulder length brown hair, reddish yellow face, and yellow shirt. The facial features are abstracted and her eyes are dark. The painting is small and the woman is showing her right side of the face more than her... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.15
SELF PORTRAIT
This portrait of a man is the picture of a man from his head down to his hips. The man is bald and has his head tilted slightly to the right with his arms lifted above his hips. The background is green-blue and the man is mostly made up of browns and... View Full Record
Drawing
X1966.04.04
UNTITLED (ABSTRACT)
This is a loose sketcky ink drawing that groups forms together in small bundles of irregular shape and expansive line. The resulting line is often sketchy, not especially continuous or fluid, but varies from dark concentrations to thin scribbles th... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.06
UNTITLED (NO. 8)
The bottom two thirds of this rectangular canvas are given over to square shapes set inside each other imperfectly. Most apparent is a yellow square covered by a white one with a black square set inside it, although red, light blue and black show fo... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.07
GREY LINE TIME RED
This is a sparse painting that relies on the unsullied expansiveness of white primed, unpainted canvas to contrast a concentrated area of paint. This painting is characterized by brushy splotches of thin stains and washes with areas of light impasto... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.08 a-b
ROAD
(a) This piece is a mess of ashen grey paint thick with impasto floating odd shapes and slight hints of color. The shapes tend to be roundly amorphous, outlined in a dark grey and filled with bits of color, pinks and pale yellow. The majority of th... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.03
BALKAN
This painting is a highly abstract, gestural piece with the application of paint being thinner in some places than in others. There is no focal point in this piece with the colors and shapes radomly placed quickly on the canvas. The colors vary from... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.09
RED "E"
Three quarters of this canvas is given over to a light grey curtain of paint, 2/3 above the main area of interest and 1/3 below it. The area of interest lies in a lower central band across the canvas from which emerges a red E shaped form from out o... View Full Record
Painting
X1966.04.10
PORTRAIT
This intimate painting is a portrait of a man rendered as if he were sculpted out of successive layers of paint. He sits terse and monolithic with blank features formed from fleshy paint pulled over top of cool blue shadows, the dark of his hair is... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.03
LANDSCAPE
This abstract painting is comprised of small, square dabs of paint that are grouped together by value and color in diagonal passages progressing from the lower left to upper right corners. Predominant colors of blues, browns, and greens, with highli... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.08
PENETRATION
This painting successfully exhibits the tenets of abstract expressionism with a sense of the grand gesture and spontaneous brushstroke, relying heavily on pinks and red. There are areas of other color - greens, blues, oranges, whites and black comin... View Full Record
Painting
X1967.04.10
MIDSUMMER
Predominately orange, this painting has a vocabulary of drips, scumbled paint, short, intense gestural brushstrokes and scratches in the paint film. The forms are described by linear brushstrokes of green and lemon yellow with subtle hints of pink,... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.02
UNTITLED
A bright and colorful still life of an arranged tabletop, this painting has complicated spatial componants. The tabletop holds a decorated blue vase in the foreground with another vase behind it containing a leafy pink flower. Lemons and oranges ar... View Full Record
Drawing
X1968.07.03
NUDE
This line drawing of a crouching nude is depicted from the rear and rendered in a simple contour of graceful lines. Her right leg bears weight as she kneels, left arm resting on her left leg near the knee. The volume evident in the body is suggeste... View Full Record
Drawing
X1968.07.05
UNTITLED
This simple line drawing depicts a portrait in profile. Every seam-the hairline, the folds of the eyelids, the brow, chin and neck- is rendered with an unnerving precision and attention so that the overall effect is disquieting. Especially so are the... View Full Record
Drawing
X1968.07.06
UNTITLED
Line drawing of profile with short, curly hair and high point collar with exaggerated cut lapels. unsigned and undated. Ink drawing of nobleman's profile from shoulders up. Labels or marks: "MHS #26, United Ban Lines label and X1968.07.06 on b... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.08
AT FRIED'S
A purely abstract work with yellow, white, red, blue, green, brown, orange and black colors moving all around the canvas in random directions. The painting is very gesture, oriented. Labels or marks: "Goldberg" on recto URC. "MHS #68" and MHS lab... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.17
UNTITLED
Abstract gestural piece with green, white, black, blue, red, yellow, and grey on cream paper background. The colors move all over and have no central focus point. Labels or marks: "Goldberg" in LLC. MHS label on back.... View Full Record
Painting
X1968.07.13
GOLDEN SUMMER
Needs to be cataloged Labels or marks: "Takai, 61" in LRC... View Full Record
Painting
X1973.05.01
UNTITLED
Signed "Jackson Pollock 43" in LRC... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.04
UNTITLED
This painting has an off white background with a series of approximately 14 stripes of black paint on top of the background. A black outlined square is in the ULC and four vertical stripes are near the right side. Unsigned (on verso) painting wi... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.18
UNTITLED (NO. 1)
A polychromatic piece with thick impasto application of paint. The painting is generally dark with strong, full colors which form patterns as they interact with each other due to their heavy, almost mottled application. Labels or marks: "Al Held... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.19
NO.4
... View Full Record
Painting
X1974.04.20
UNTITLED 1959, NO. 7
This piece is a completely abstract painting using oranges, yellows, whites, greens, blues, and purples. Each color takes up a considerable amount of space with a large white block in the bottom left side below a yellow configuration which stretches... View Full Record