Mercer Street series VI
- Artist
- Al Loving, American, 1935–2005
- Date
- 1986
- Material
- Collage of painted and printed papers
- Made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Collages & montages
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 235
- Dimensions
- 32 × 29 1/4 in. (81.3 × 74.3 cm)
framed: 37 1/8 × 34 3/8 × 2 in. (94.3 × 87.3 × 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie
- Rights
- © Al Loving
- Object Number
- 171:2017
NOTES
This brightly colored geometric composition is part of a series inspired by the architecture Al Loving encountered on Mercer Street in Manhattan. The edges of the sheet are irregular and symbolize an imperfect box that alludes to the form of a building. In the 1980s, Loving started experimenting with the print medium following a number of artist residencies and incorporated handmade and printed papers into collages such as this.