Kay Muir Acrylic Painting "Celestial Light", Late 20th Century

Item Details

Katherine “Kay” M. Muir (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1913-2008)
Celestial Light, late 20th century
Acrylic painting on linen
Signed to the lower left
Label affixed to the frame stretcher to the verso detailing piece

Kay Muir earned a degree in art and design at the University of Michigan where she focused on costume and set design working with noted choreographer Martha Graham. Her work, however, is mainly influenced by her later studies at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where she studied color theory from Josef Albers, also working with Paul Chidlaw and Arthur Helwig. Her work has been displayed in numerous exhibitions and is part of the permanent collections of the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Dayton Art Institute.

Condition

- wear to the edges of the linen canvas minor abrasions and accretion to the composition,.

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Item #

ITMG734469