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Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd. Date. 1970. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions inches. 60 x 42 in.
Jul 15, 2017 · Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd visually appear to be a heterosexual couple yet the lines between female and male are blurred. Jackie, an androgynous name, appears masculine and brave, although dressed in drag. Redd, who ‘wears the pants’ in this painting, is depicted as smaller and softer.
In this double portrait Alice Neel depicts Curtis, who was gender nonconforming, together with Ritta Redd, a friend with whom he sometimes collaborated. Typical for Neel, the personalities of her sitters are evident in this painting.
Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd is an Expressionist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Alice Neel in 1970. It lives at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague. The image is © Estate of Alice Neel, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Portraits.
Jul 16, 2017 · „Immer, wenn ich vor einer Leinwand saß, war ich glücklich. Denn es war eine Welt, in der ICH tun konnte, was ich wollte.“ [Alice Neel, 1980] Keith Haring → … Alice Neel: Jackie Curtis and Rita Red, 1970 Öl auf Leinwand.
The 1970 paintings Jackie Curtis and Rita Red and David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock are her earliest portraits of `gay' couples. All were players in Warhol's films and participants in life at the Factory.'' (Pamela Allara, Pictures of People: Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery, Hanover, c. 1988, pp. 184-185).
