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Jean Paul Slusser

Artwork Details

Church
1972
Jean Paul Slusser
watercolor on paper
27 x 31 x 2 in. (68.58 x 78.74 x 5.08 cm)
Gift of Rev. Edward and Jan Slusser
2009/1.540

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Description

Subject Matter:

Though this is an abstract style painting, the white forms in the center suggest a large church building and there are shapes of trees in the foreground. Jean Paul Slusser was a professor of drawing and painting at the University of Michigan and was appointed the first director of the Museum of Art in 1946.

Physical Description:

This is an abstract watercolor painting in a horizontal format painted in tones of black, white, yellow and red. There are shapes and forms that suggest a large church building, with a steeple, in the center.

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