The Cochran Collection

Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss

Abstraction by African American Woman Artists


 

Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss Installation Photos

The Cochrans began building their impressive collection of abstract works at a time when it was unusual to collect non-figurative art by African American artists. The works in the exhibition attest to the remarkable depth of talent of African American women artists who worked in the field of abstraction despite receiving little critical or popular attention, a situtaiton that has only recently begun to change.


Marianne Richter
Director Columbus Museum


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Serial Date Artist Title Dimensions Media Edition
1 1988 Banks Black Bird 24-1/8 x 28-1/8 x 1 Inches Lithograph
2 1977 Blayton Soul Sound 23 x 31 x 1 Inches Lithograph
3 2011 Booker Untitled Inches Lithograh
4 1980 Browne Jih-t-Gn 36 x 48-1/4 x 1 Inches Lithograph
5 ND Carter Linear Movement No. 9 26 x 14-1/4 x 1 Inches Monotype
6 1990 Hassinger Garden 25-1/4 x 25-1/4 x 1 Inches Etching
7 ND Hawkins The Meeting of Megnez... 19-1/2 x 23-1/2 x 1 Inches ND Casein and Ink
8 1976 O'Neal The Swing #2 24-1/4 x 30-1/4 x 1 Inches Drawing
9 2001 Pindell Antares 18-1/4 x 20-1/4 x 1 Inches Lithograph and Etching
10 1980 Pindell Kyoto Positive-Negative 30-1/4 x 25 x 1-3/4 Inches Mixed Media AP 8
11 1980 Pindell Kyoto Positive-Negative (verso) 30-1/4 x 25 x 1-3/4 Inches Mixed Media
12 1974 Puryear Dark Shadows 24 x 20-1/4 x 1 Inches Etching
13 ND Hall Dark Shadows - Poem 18-1/4 x 13-1/4 x 1 Inches ND Text
14 1970 Pusey Mobile Images 30-3/4 x 24-1/4 x 1 Inches Intaglio
15 1984 Ringgold No More War #1 31 x 24-1/4 x 1 Inches Screenprint
16 1982 Saar Silver Linings: The Unknown 28-1/4 x 34-1/4 x 1-1/2 Inches Collage
17 1970s Thomas Untitled 16-1/4 x 18-1/4 x 1 Inches Acrylic
18 1978 Thompson Mandala 38-1/4 x 30-1/2 x 1 Inches Intaglio
19 1978 Thompson Montsolva 38-1/4 x 30-1/2 x 1 Inches Intaglio
20 1978 Thompson Muliebris 38-1/4 x 30-1/2 x 1 Inches Intaglio
21 1978 Thompson Ascension 38-1/4 x 30-1/2 x 1 Inches Intaglio
22 1978 Thompson Saturnalla 38-1/4 x 30-1/2 x 1 Inches Intaglio
23 1986 Wellman Untitled Sky 28-1/4 x 24-1/2 x 1 Inches Etching
Works of Art Photos by G. Ray Sullivan, Jr.