Preparation
Artist
Charles Sibley
(American, 1921 - 2005)
CultureAmerican
Date1976
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions60 1/8 × 48 1/8 in. (152.7 × 122.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 60 3/4 x 48 3/4 in. (154.3 x 123.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 60 3/4 x 48 3/4 in. (154.3 x 123.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number77.848
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting; framed. An older woman sits, facing the viewer, in a hair styling chair with dome dryer over her head.Label TextCharles Sibley American (1921-2005) Preparation, 1976 Oil on canvas, 60 1/8 × 48 1/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of the artist 77.848Exhibition History"Charles Sibley," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., May 1977. Lent to the United Communities Fund, 1979. "American Figure Painting, 1950-1980," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va, October 16 - November 30, 1980. "Blue Condition: Here and Now," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C., December 3, 1985 - January 26, 1986. "Charles Sibley: Paintings from the Jacobson and Museum Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., May 25 - September 12, 1999. "By Popular Demand: Your Selections, Your Gallery," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 31, 2014. "Degrees of Separation," Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, VA, March 4 - May 8, 2016.Published ReferencesThomas Wayne Styron, AMERICAN FIGURE PAINTING, 1950-1980 (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1980), pp. 64, 115; ill. p. 64. Thomas Wayne Styron, BLUE CONDITION: HERE AND NOW (Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1985), ill, np.
