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Blackness Light, Judy Ledgerwood, 1992
Judy LedgerwoodAmerican, 1959

Blackness Light

1992 · Drawing and Watercolor

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Where is “Blackness Light” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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About the work

Ledgerwood earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1984, and she has long exhibited large, colorful paintings in which the repetition of forms and the interaction of tones play a crucial role. This intimate watercolor presents a pulsing, liquid shroud that seems to barely cover a source of brilliant light.

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2013.1169

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Chicago

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Drawings & watercolorsWatercolourContemporary art20th centuryUnited States

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