New Year's 1999
1999
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oil pastel and pen and ink with scraping on Arches paper
Dimensions
overall: 33 x 17.5 cm (13 x 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Accession Number
2007.6.256
Art Historical Context
Edda Renouf's *New Year's 1999* (1999) is a delicate drawing that captures a moment of quiet anticipation at the turn of the millennium. Created on high-quality Arches paper, intimate work measures just 33 x 17.5 cm, close contemplation. Renouf, a contemporary artist known for her subtle abstractions, employs oil pastel, pen and ink, and a distinctive scraping technique to layer and reveal textures, evoking a sense of vibration and light. The scraping method—gently abrading the surface—exposes the paper's fibrous qualities, creating ethereal patterns that suggest movement and resonance. This ...
About the Artist
Edda Renouf
Edda Renouf was born in Mexico City in 1943 to an artistic family — her father, Edward Renouf, was himself a painter. She moved to the United States in 1957 and began her formal training at Sarah Lawrence College in 1961, later earning her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, where she studied under the painter Richard Pousette-Dart. A year spent at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Mu...