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Market II

Artist Wilbur Niewald (American, 1925 - 2022)

Date1970

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 28 × 36 inches (71.12 × 91.44 cm)
Framed: 28 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 1 1/2 inches (73.34 × 93.66 × 3.81 cm)

Credit LineGift of Janet Niewald

Object number2025.31.1

InscribedEstate titled and dated on canvas overlap, verso upper left

On View

Not on view

Terms

DescriptionThis horizontally oriented semi-abstract painting depicts six figures (two standing, two sitting, one kneeling, and one bending over with hands on the ground). The figures’ faces are not delineated, and their heads are downcast. The two standing figures are most prominently featured, and they are facing each other but do not seem to be looking at each other. There are horizontal brushstrokes are the bottom of the painting which could possibly be stairs or bricks. There is a barn-like structure behind the figures with three angled rooftops. The painting is in shades of blue, green, yellow, orange, terracotta, burgundy, and white.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Wilbur Niewald (1925–2022)—Jubilee 2025: A Centennial Celebration of His Painting, February 7–March 12, 2025, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO.

Provenance

The artist, Kansas City, MO, 1970;

To his daughter, Janet Niewald, Blacksburg, VA, after his death, 2022;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

Published References

Janet Niewald, Wilbur Niewald (1925–2022)—Jubilee 2025: A Centennial Celebration of His Painting (Kansas City, MO: Haw Contemporary, 2025), 2

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