Untitled [Two faces on blue background]
Art, Abstract--Michigan--Detroit.
Women in art.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.
Depicts two faces, lines, and patterns represented in an abstract style.
Askew One (Elliot O'Donnell)
Murals in the Market
Date Created: 2015
Date Photographed: 2021-11-05
Support: Brick and masonry
English
Physical Object
DMM-2021-066
Untitled [Squares and lines in shades of blue, red, and white]
Geometric patterns--Michigan--Detroit.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.
Depicts patterns and formations made up of various lines and squares in different shades of red and blue. Serves as one half of a diptych with Dalek and Taylor White's mural appearing to the right of it.
Dalek (James Marshall)
Murals in the Market
Date Created: 2016
Date Photographed: 2021-11-04
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Support: Brick and masonry
Extent: Approximately 14' x 42'
Physical Object
DMM-2021-043
Untitled [Abstract face in red white and black]
Painting, Abstract--Michigan--Detroit.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.
Depicts a face surrounded by shapes in an abstract style, using gold glitter to paint the teeth.
Efe Bes
Murals in the Market
Date Created: 2019
Date Photographed: 2021-11-27
Support: Brick and masonry
Extent: Circa 15' x 27'
Physical Object
DMM-2021-035
[Watercolor painting of a drinking glass]
Watercolor painting--United States. [LCSH]
Tumblers (Drinking glasses) [LCSH]
Still-life painting [LCSH]
Watercolor painting on a drinking glass half filled with clear liquid (likely water). The cylindrical glass is taller than it is wide and widens slightly from the base to the top. It is viewed from the side. The background is painted in a wash of extremely pale gray-blue, with broad strokes and lots of white space left behind; the brushstrokes do not attempt to cover the entire paper. Because the liquid in the glass is clear, the background wash shows through the glass. The surface of the water is painted in darker shades of gray-blue, as is the bottom of the glass. There's a light reflection underneath the bottom of the glass; there is no apparent surface underneath the glass, so the image of the glass is simply floating in this painting. Dividing the painting into quadrants, the majority of the glass would appear in the center of the lower right-hand quadrant. The edges of the glass are implied in places, with thin, broken lines in shades of blue and gray-blue along the rim of the glass and the sides. Pencil sketch shows through still in places and helps define the edges further. The paper used here is much lighter weight and thinner than the paper used for the pieces in the rest of this collection and its texture is finer, as well. This paper looks to have been torn from a pad; there's evidence that the previous page didn't tear cleanly and a little bit of that page is attached to this page still along the top edge.
Gillett, Janice
1990-2010?
All rights held by Acacia Williams
Medium: watercolor on paper
Extent: 22.8 x 30.3 cm
Physical object
JG_0020
[Front and back watercolor paintings: Side A, trees; Side B, waterlilies]
Watercolor painting--United States. [LCSH]
Landscape painting--United States. [LCSH]
One sheet of watercolor paper is painted on both sides, with one side showing a terrestrial landscape with trees (side A) and the other showing an aquatic landscape with waterlilies (side B).
Side A depicts deciduous trees in summertime. There are two distinct frames in this painting. In the left-hand frame is a grove of what look to be paper birch trees; there are five, thin trees. They are white, with blue-gray shading and green foliage created by dabbing spots of green paint with a wet brush. Variations in the ratio of pigment to water create different shades of green for the foliage and the crowns are somewhat sparse and airy. The tree trunks and branches are angular and formed from straight lines. The foreground here is dark brown and green. At the base of the trees there are small white circular shapes in clusters connected by white lines. This effect may have been created with the use of masking fluid. Also at the base of the trees is dark green spattering as well as more solid-looking blobs in the same dark green; this may be representative of shrubs. The remainder of the land surrounding the trees is flat and grass-covered and painted in muted, transparent browns and greens, and the sky here is painted in varying saturations of pale blue. The right-hand frame shows a different type of tree, with deep brown bark accented with black lines which run from the roots of the tree to the uppermost branches. The tree has four visible roots and three main branches. This tree is curvy, with soft angles and lines and has an impression of massiveness. It's painted close to the foreground, and there are reddish-brown splotches around the base of the tree that probably represent bushes, perhaps dogwoods, although the could be any number of things. There are also errant purple spatters of paint in the foreground of this frame (which creep ever so slightly into the left-hand frame also). The foliage on this tree is a deeper, darker green and more saturated. The horizon behind the tree is irregular; in some places along the same axis grass is depicted behind the tree, and in some places, deep blue sky. This was probably considered a mistake and not intentional, however, this piece appears to have been created for practice and not intended to be a polished piece. (For example, a large portion of all four corners of the paper are white, where the paper was taped down to the working surface.) The shade of grass in the background differs slightly between the two frames here, being darker on the right-hand side, and lighter on the left. There are occasional burgundy spatters across the right hand frame which creep over somewhat into the left-hand frame, probably unintentionally. There's some embossed lettering-- TH SAU, perhaps?-- probably spelling out the brand of the paper, in the bottom, left-hand corner.
The painting on the other side of the paper shows the scene with waterlilies. There are two flowers, one in the center foreground, and one in the right background (in the upper right quadrant of the painting). Both flowers are white, with thin, elongated petals and gold-yellow stamens. Shading on the flower petals is conveyed via blue and blue-gray highlights. There are a total of eight lily pads in all, and they are a dark green; the lily pads farthest in the background have a slighter lighter saturation than those in the front. The stems of the lilies are represented as broken, usually squiggly lines and appear throughout the picture. The background in this image is composed of shades of deep burgundies and blue, with blue concentrated primarily in the foreground, with the transition to primarily burgundy taking place somewhere in the middleground. The background fades near the right and left edges of the painting, as the wet paint appears to have been pulled from the center of the paper toward the edges; nor does the paint extend in all places to the edge of the paper at the top and bottom of the painting.
The edges of the paper are irregular and rough on two of the four sides; on the lily pad painting, the rough edges are the bottom and left, and they are the right and bottom on the tree painting side. The paper seems to be medium weight, cold pressed.
Gillett, Janice
1990-2010?
All rights held by Acacia Williams
Medium: watercolor on paper
Extent: 38.3 x 28.5 cm
Physical object
JG_0021
[Acrylic portrait of melancholic woman]
Portrait painting--United States--20th century. [LCSH]
Women in art [LCSH]
Surrealism [LCSH]
Portrait of a melancholic woman, from the neck up, in acrylic on paper, mounted on thick, textured, camel-colored card stock (not pictured). This painting is done in the style of Expressionism, using unrealistic colors; the woman's skin is painted in shades of pinks and purples, for instance. She is facing slightly away from the viewer, left at a 3/4 angle. The figure has a thin, angular, waif-like face, and pointed chin, with a long, thin nose and a pointed chin and full lips. Her irises and pupils are a stark, solid, extremely deep blue color, very nearly black, and the outline of her eyes is suggested in a slightly lighter blue. She is resting her right hand against her right cheek, palm out, and fingers slightly curled. The thumb appears to run underneath her chin, her little finger resting just beneath her eye, the tip of her ring finger just below and to the right of her nose, and her middle and index fingers resting near the right side of her mouth. The woman's hair is full, long, straight, and straw-colored, with some yellow highlights near the crown of the head. There's a bright yellow area on the top of the woman's right shoulder. There is no evidence of clothing, though, and it's unclear what the yellow area is meant to represent. There are some green tones on the woman's neck, perhaps representing shadow, but her underlying skin color is still purple. The paint is applied thickly in this painting, particularly in the woman's hair. Different shades of pink and purple are used to create the contours of the face and imply shadows. The painting was done on paper taken from a pad, and there are both tabs along the top, near the crown of the head, and hole punches along the left side, three of which are visible. The bottom three centimeters of the paper was folded under along the bottom edge of the paper to make the working area smaller. The paper is torn inward at the middle hole punch and there are three creases running left to right across the paper in even increments where it must have been folded at one time. One crease runs across the woman's forehead, under her bangs. The second crease runs just under the bridge of the woman's nose and just below her eyes. The third crease runs through her wrist and just beneath her bottom lip, through the yellow paint on her right shoulder. Additionally, there's a section of paper missing from the top right of the painting, slightly impacting the depiction of the woman's hair.
Gillett, Janice
1966-1973?
All rights held by Acacia Williams
Medium: acrylic on paper
Extent: 20.2 x 24.5 cm
Physical object
JG_0023
Serpentine
Painting, Abstract--Michigan--Detroit.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.
Depicts various lines and patterns in shades of blue, red, white, and pink in an abstract style.
Joe Geis
Murals in the Market
Date Created: 2019
Date Photographed: 2021-11-10
Medium: Latex acrylic paint, spray paint
Support: Brick and masonry, oriented strand board, steel
Extent: 23' x 21'
English
Physical Object
DMM-2021-053
Untitled [Woman holding orb against blue background]
Women in art.
Sphere in art.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.
Depicts a woman holding a red and white orb over a portal against a blue background.
Michelle Tanguay
Murals in the Market
Date Created: 2015
Date Photographed: 2021-11-05
Support: Brick and masonry
Extent:
SE side - Approximately 28' x 24'
SW side- Approximately 26' x 24'
Physical Object
DMM-2021-063
Snowman magnet
Decorative arts.
Acrylic painting.
Magnets.
Snowmen in art.
Winter in art.
Acrylic paint on a canvas magnet with six rounded edges. A cream-colored snowman face with black eyes and downturned eyebrows, a long orange nose, and a black smile is painted at the bottom. The snowman wears a tall knit hat. The hat’s base is purple with white and black vertical stripes. Above the base, the hat’s first layer is light green with purple and red polka dots. The second layer of the hat is red with light green and purple stripes that are slightly diagonal toward the right. The third layer of the hat is light blue with white polka dots. The fourth layer of the hat is purple with black and white vertical stripes, matching the base. The fifth layer of the hat is light green with purple and red polka dots, matching the first layer. The sixth layer of the hat leans slightly toward the left and is red with light green and purple stripes that are slightly diagonal toward the right. The seventh layer of the hat is light blue with white polka dots, matching the third layer. The tip of the hat is purple with white and black stripes that are slightly diagonal toward the right. The tip has a pom-pom which consists of white, purple, and light green lines. The background of the canvas is red with paisley designs in each corner. There are white polka dots scattered on top of the paisley designs. Two white felt snowflake decals have been glued to the bottom left of the snowman’s hat and to the top right of the snowman’s hat. The paint is matte. The applied snowflakes are raised above the painted surface.
Muklewicz, Joyce
2019-12
Rights over this item are held by the creator, Joyce Muklewicz. Public use of this item or its photograph is permitted with proper credit given to Joyce Muklewicz.
Physical Object
JMC_0001
Violet jewelry box
Decorative arts.
Jewelry boxes.
Flowers in art.
Acrylic painting--Technique.
A heart-shaped wooden jewelry box that opens from the bottom point of the heart shape in an upward motion. Acrylic paint has been applied to the jewelry box. The box has two visible dark gold hinges about one inch from the top of the box, separated about five inches apart from each other. The paint is matte and lies flat. The base color is a neutral light tan. Specks of purple are scattered atop the light tan color in various sized dots. Along the sides of the box, purple paint is splattered in uneven patterns, creating a blurred effect. The bottom of the box is flat and has specks of purple scattered in various sized dots. "2009" is written on an angle in purple paint near the bottom right on the bottom of the box. The top of the box features three separate flower group paintings in acrylic: a pair of violets at the top in the middle, a pair of violets angled on the bottom left, and a trio of violets angled on the bottom right. The top pair of violets has one light pink and one light purple flower side by side with wavy green lines stemming from the left and right sides of them. A small pale green leaf is painted to the right of the purple violet. The bottom left pair of flowers also features a light purple violet and a light pink violet. The light purple violet is slightly larger than the pink. The pink is angled below the purple. A green leaf is positioned between the two as well as wavy green lines stemming from the left and right sides of the flowers. The bottom right trio of flowers features two light purple violets and a light pink violet. The light purple violets are side by side, while the light pink violet is slightly above the left purple violet. A green leaf is painted to the left of the pink and purple violets. Wavy green lines stem from the left and right sides of the flowers. A small pink bud is painted near the end of the rightmost stem. The word "Grammy" is signed in green paint at the bottom of the box's lid. When the box is open, the inner portion of the lid is speckled with purple dots of paint, similar to the top and bottom of the box. The interior part of the box is coated in purple felt.
Muklewicz, Joyce
Wiseman, Mary
2009
Rights over this item are held by the creator, Joyce Muklewicz. Public use of this item or its photograph is permitted with proper credit given to Joyce Muklewicz.
Physical Object
JMC_0002