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High Ceiling - You Won't Get This
Artist:
Idelle Weber
(American, 1932 - 2020)
Donor:
Hollis Taggart Galleries
Date: 1964
Medium: Tempera and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:
10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 23 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (59.1 × 48.9 cm)
Classification: Modern art
Credit Line: Gift of Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Copyright: © Idelle Weber
Object number: 2013.9.3
Not on view
DescriptionWork shows the silhouettes of two generations of female secretaries in an office high above the city. The title references the so-called glass ceiling encountered by women seeking a professional life and career. Behind them, the Chrysler building and neighboring skyscrapers loom in the distance. Initialed, titled, and dated lower left: "© iw High ceiling - you won't get this 64."
Label textIdelle Weber
American, 1932-2020
High Ceiling-You Won’t Get This, 1964
Tempera and graphite on vellum
Two generations of female secretaries work in an office high above the city while the Chrysler Building and neighboring skyscrapers loom in the distance. A commentary on the role of women in the 1960s, Idelle Weber’s innovative composition strikes an unsteady balance between foreground and distance, solid forms and thin outlines, and painted silhouettes and sketched cityscapes.
Gift of Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York 2013.9.3
American, 1932-2020
High Ceiling-You Won’t Get This, 1964
Tempera and graphite on vellum
Two generations of female secretaries work in an office high above the city while the Chrysler Building and neighboring skyscrapers loom in the distance. A commentary on the role of women in the 1960s, Idelle Weber’s innovative composition strikes an unsteady balance between foreground and distance, solid forms and thin outlines, and painted silhouettes and sketched cityscapes.
Gift of Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York 2013.9.3
Published References
Hollis Taggart Galleries, _Idelle Weber: The Pop Years_ (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2013) 15, 46, cat. no. 53.
Art Daily, "Chrysler Museum acquires three works by Idelle Weber," October 2013, http://artdaily.com/news/65324/Chrysler-Museum-acquires-three-works-by-Idelle-Weber.
Teresa Annas, "Pop art paintings find an apt home," _HamptonRoads.com_, October 3, 2013, http://hamptonroads.com/2013/10/pop-art-paintings-find-apt-home.
Provenance
Collection of the artist to Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY; gift of Hollis Taggart to Chrysler Museum of Art, June 2013.