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Silver Surge
198349 1/2 x 46 in. (125.7 x 116.8 cm)
Mary Lou Dooley
United States
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Purchased in tribute to Bret Waller, Gallery Director 1980-1985, through the Padelford Fund
Accession Number:
1985.23
Location: Not currently on view
Painter Mary Lou Dooley is the wife of MAG’s fifth director, Bret Waller, so it seems especially appropriate that one of her canvases was purchased to honor his service to the museum. In describing Silver Surge, she says: “It is a gestural painting related to my interest in calligraphy and movement. It also relates to the influence of two former professors who studied with Hans Hofmann. My intent is to achieve what appears to be a spontaneous result even though the painting has been reworked a number of times.”
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Artist's signature, lower right: M L Dooley 83
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013