The Calling
Artist
Tina Mion
(American, born 1960)
Date2009
MediumOil on linen
DimensionsUnframed: 40 × 52 inches (101.6 × 132.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ed Ruscha in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2009.55
Signed"Tina Mion 2008"
Written in purple paint, lower right corner of canvas
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DescriptionThis painting depicts a nun in a habit at the left of the canvas who is walking away from a phone booth on the right. The setting is desolate and appears to be a desert. The horizon line is low and over half of the upper part of the painting is deep, blue sky.Copyright© Edward Ruscha
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