The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 3, 2023

Untitled

1987

Joel Shapiro

(American, 1941-)

America, 20th century

Charcoal

Delia E. Holden Fund 1988.37

© Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Location

not on view

Description

Shapiro, who draws a great deal, explains, "I think it really feeds back and forth. I think there was an attempt to use drawings to clarify the idea. I think that I approached certain intentions that I can't realize in sculpture."

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1995-1996: Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors: November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996, no cat.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.37