Minerva Durham

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00_redstillife

Red Still Life
width: 39 1/2 in.
height: 26 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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01_breada1114

Bread
width: 24 in.
height: 22 1/2 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1983
A wrapped-up loaf of bread.... I loved the way that Parisi’s Bakery, a sandwich shop at 198 Mott Street, wrapped bread when I moved into Little Italy thirty-five years ago. The loaf was centered on a large piece of white butcher paper, the paper folded carefully and wisely, and then the package tied with a long strip of thin baker’s string. So one day I bought a loaf of bread and took it home to draw.

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02_alicechunshow

Alice Chun, aka Alice Rules
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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03_jeanschashow

Jean Schanen
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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04_soniashow14

Sonia Friedman
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976
We were drawing each other simultaneously in the studio on Kingshighway in St. Louis. The window behind on the left is open at the bottom. thus the bright out-of-doors colors. A lesson learned from my first painting teacher,Tanasko Milovich, was that there is no way to show the contrast of the bright out-of-doors to the dark indoors, there being too great a difference.

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05_rodneywinshow

Rodney Winfield
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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06_franksmith

Frank Smithy
width: 24 in.
height: 19 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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07_samlib

Sam Liberman
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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08_amychaitlinshow

Amy Chaitlin
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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09_nanisadportshow

My Mother
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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10_portshowwhomale

A Man
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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11_meandbananasshow

The Artist with Bananas
width: 24 in.
height: 19 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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12_loftvagood

Virginia's Loft 1
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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13_loftnotasgood

Virginia's Loft 2
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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14_plantva1blue

Virginia's Plant 1
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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15_plant5showblue

Virginia's Plant 5
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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16_plantva3allgreen

Virginia's Plant 3
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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17_plant4show5

Virginia's Plant 4
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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18_plantva2

Virginia's Plant 2
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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19_plant6show6

Virginia's Plant 6
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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20_alexnudeshow

My Sister, Alexandra
width: 36 in.
height: 84 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1978

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23_honeyloring

Portrait of Honey Loring
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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24_ruthfortel

Ruth Fortel
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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25_wallyshow2

My Father
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1975

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26_mariannshowbig

Mariann Novack
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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27_still2014show

Religious Still Life
width: 39 1/2 in.
height: 26 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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29_deadbirdshow14

Dead Bird
width: 24 in.
height: 19 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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30_stone2014showgood

Stone Still Life
width: 39 1/2 in.
height: 26 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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31_skeldisaetbonespastel

Disarticulated Skeletal Bones
width: 39 1/2 in.
height: 26 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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32_stonesshow2

Stone and Wood Still Life
width: 39 1/2 in.
height: 26 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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33_turnipsshow14

Turnip Still Life
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1981

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34_darkbananasshow14

Banana Still Life 1
width: 24 in.
height: 19 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1981

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35_kissingbananas14

Kissing Bananas
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1977

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37_indigobetter

Green Peppers on Indigo
width: 21 1/2 in.
height: 28 1/2 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1981

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38_johndurhamshow

John Durham
width: 19 in.
height: 24 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1976

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39_denamann1

Dina Mann in 1978
width: 36 in.
height: 52 1/2 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1978
Dina Mann was Virginia Admiral's favorite model.

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40_fruitbacklightcurtain1

Fruit, Back Light, Curtain
width: 32 in.
height: 52 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1979

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41_blueonindigosmall

Small Blue on Indigo
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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42_buildingsbig1

Buildings from the Third Floor
width: 26 in.
height: 39 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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43_tevaplants1

Teva, Plants
width: 36 in.
height: 36 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1986

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45_jessicastreet1

View from Virginia's Window
width: 24 in.
height: 36 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1987

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46_springstreet1987

Spring Street, 1987
width: 11 in.
height: 14 in.
media: pastel on paper
date: 1987

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47_bottleforgerard

Life Cycle of Frogs
height: 17 in.
media: acrylic on glass bottle
date: 1995
This is a manipulated photo of a large bottle of wine that I painted for Gerard Maurice of Le Jardin Bistro restaurant. It represents the life cycle of frogs. Haggai Shamir manipulated five photos to make this image. The bottle itself has been lost.