Echoes
Artist
Nancy Camden Witt
(American, 1930-2009)
CultureAmerican
Date1968
MediumOil on canvas | Construction | String | Wood
DimensionsOverall: 41 in. (104.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Irene Leache Memorial
Object number68.10.3
Not on view
Label TextNancy Camden Witt
American, 1930-2009
Echoes, 1968
Mixed media on canvas
Known more for her hyper-realistic paintings from the 1980s forward, Nancy Camden Witt spent the 1960s working predominately in sculpture before she shifted to the medium of painting. Echoes represents this earlier period in Witt’s practice, which has not received much attention. The artist’s sculptural works were canvas-covered “constructions,” similar to the piece here. The monotone, circular work resembles a shield with twine in a figure-8 shape at the center. The title suggests the idea of motion—when sound reverberates, it does so in a circular manner.
Gift of the Irene Leache Memorial 68.10.3
Exhibition History19th Irene Leache Memorial Biennial Exhibition, Norfolk Museum, 1968. Lent to EVMS in 1979.
Published ReferencesIllustrated as #99 in the catalog for the 19th Irene Leache Memorial Biennial Exhibition, Norfolk Museum, 1968.
