Curtsey
Title
Curtsey
Subject
Virginia
Art
Description
Roanoke native Antoinette Hale paints scenes derived from her personal experiences and observations of Southwestern Virginia life. Primarily focusing on the human figure, she connotes it to "seeing the person come to life in front of me." Using photographs taken by herself or occasionally from published sources, she draws grids on the original photograph and transcribes the grid to a canvas, square by square. At some point in this process, Hale begins to disengage from the photographic model, subtly distorting her subjects for compositional unity and psychological effect. The Curtsey documents a coming-of-rite known as the Debutante Ball, an annual cotillion held since 1952.
Creator
E. Antoinette Hale (American, Contemporary)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
TAU_ART_000130
1997.005
Date Created
1996
Is Part Of
Taubman Museum of Art
Medium
painting (visual works)
oil
Provenance
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries
Taubman Museum of Art (Repository)
Gift of E. Antoinette Hale
Files
Collection
Citation
E. Antoinette Hale (American, Contemporary), “Curtsey,” Southwest Virginia Digital Archive, accessed October 14, 2024, https://di.lib.vt.edu/items/show/954.