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Kenneth Doolittle
Alice Neel American
Not on view
Neel began a relationship with Kenneth Doolittle in late 1931 or early 1932 and rented an apartment with him on Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village. This extraordinarily intimate drawing of Doolittle demonstrates the remarkable candor with which Neel typically addressed the human body and sexuality in her art and exhibits a level of voyeurism that is usually the purview of male artists. The artist’s vantage point, looking up and over her subject, enhances his indecorous nakedness and provides an unfettered view of his body, including the bottoms of his dirty feet. The insertion of a crucifix into this carnal image adds a note of blasphemy.
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