Accession Number
1954/1.145

Title
Evocation

Artist(s)
Felix Ruvolo

Object Creation Date
1952

Medium & Support
gouache on paper

Dimensions
45 3/8 in x 23 5/8 in (115.25 cm x 60.01 cm);50 3/4 in x 28 1/2 in x 3/4 in (128.91 cm x 72.39 cm x 1.91 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser in memory of Roger H. Bennett

Subject matter
Felix Ruvolo was a distinguished abstract artist, and was included in the Museum of Modern Art's 1951 Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America exhibition. Ruvolo exhibited widely, and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago (1945-1948), Mills College (1948 summer session), and University of California, Berkeley (1950-1978). Ruvolo was a part of the Berkeley School of Abstract Expressionism.

Physical Description
This multi-colored, high saturation color, abstract image floats on a black background. 

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
abstraction
drawings (visual works)
modern and contemporary art
multicolored
rectangles