Sculptress Kay Hoffman

Description

Oil painting with overall blue, purple, and yellow geometric shapes in the constructivist style. Signed bottom right.

On original plaque:
Carl Schwartz
SCULPTRESS-KAY HOFFMAN
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
Originally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1935-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. He and Kay Hofmann [sic], a sculptor in Chicago, were married for a time. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3,” “The Village: Carl Sandburg,” and “Chess Game.”

This item is currently not on display.

Rights

In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Physical Dimensions

32 1/2 x 22 in.

Files

Sculptress-by-Schwartz.jpg

Citation

Schwartz, Carl E., 1935-2014, “Sculptress Kay Hoffman,” Skokie Public Library History, accessed April 19, 2024, https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/38.