TitleThe Torn Barn
Artist
Lois Dodd
(American, b. 1927)
Date1983
MediumOil on linen
DimensionsUnframed: 40 × 60 in.
Framed: 41 1/4 × 61 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Dodd '83"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 11, 1989
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1989.180
Label TextFor more than thirty years Lois Dodd has been interested in depicting views through windows and doors. In The Torn Barn, Dodd cleverly uses the partially demolished wall to serve as the ideal transtitional device, both concealing and revealing portions of the background.
