Nathan Oliveira

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Nathan Oliveira
1928-2010
Untitled
1964
Acrylic paint and ink on wove paper.
29 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches (50.8 x 75.6 cm)
Gift of Suzanne D. Jenkins in Memory of her husband Paul Jenkins (1923-2012).
2014.33
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Nathan Oliveira was part of a group of Bay Area painters--which also included Richard Diebenkorn and David Park--who, in the 1950s, combined the bold, painterly style of abstract expressionism with figurative imagery. This striking vision of an isolated mask-like face emerging from a white background exemplifies Oliveira's interest in themes of alienation and psychological conflict, which he often evoked in depictions of the solitary human figure.

Inscription: 

Signed and dated bottom right "Oliveira 64"; inscribed lower right "For Paul Jenkins with adoration, Nathan 5-22-71"

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Paul and Suzanne Jenkins.
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