Mirror Image

Artist Maud Gatewood American, 1934–2004

Date1982

MediumAcrylic on canvas

Dimensions44 x 48 1/4 in. (111.8 x 122.6 cm)
Frame: 45 3/8 x 49 1/2 in. (115.3 x 125.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of the artist

Object number2006.16.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Yanceyville, NC, 1982; collection of the artist, Yanceyville and Chapel Hill, NC; bequeathed to NCMA, 2004; arrived at NCMA, 2006.
Published ReferencesHuston Paschal, Maud Gatewood: Figure Paintings (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1983), cat. no. 6.

Robert Hobbs, Maud Gatewood: Re-visions (exhibition catalogue) (Greensboro: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994), briefly discussed 28, illus. (color) 80.

Jennifer Dasal, "Mirror Image: Women Portraying Women," in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 2011), illus. (color) 16.

Exhibition HistoryAtlanta, GA, Heath Gallery, "Maud Gatewood: Figure Paintings," May 28- June 25, 1983, cat. no. 6.

Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, "Maud Gatewood: Southern Exposures," June 12-August 14, 1994; Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, September 15-October 30, 1994; Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, November 17, 1994-January 8, 1995; Albany, GA, Albany Museum of Art, March 5-May 8, 1995; Raleigh, NC, Visual Arts Center, North Carolina State University, August 1-September 7, 1995, illus. (color) 80.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Maud Gatewood Memorial Exhibition," April 3-July 31, 2005.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Mirror Image: Women Portraying Women," May 1-November 27, 2011.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," June 5, 2023-April 29, 2024.

Blowing Rock, NC, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, "“The Hard Edge & The Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood,” June 28, 2024-January 5, 2025. Object Rights Statement

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