Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon Portland Community College

Man and Woman by Joseph Mann

  • Title: Man and Woman
  • Artist: Joseph Mann
  • Medium: Monotype
  • Size: 9"h x 6.5"w
  • Creation date: 1998
  • Added to collection: 2006
  • Donor: Gift of Mark Andres
  • Campus: Rock Creek
  • Location: B2/2 Hallway gallery rm 253

Like the other two works by Joseph Mann in the collection ("Conversation" and "Sacred and Profane") this works presents two figures in a shallow, back lighted space.  Here the technique of monotype echoes the painterly quality of the other works with a lovely pink blossom of light behind the woman's head and again a very contrasted handling of the two figures (the man is a solid dark silhouette where the woman is delineated with thick brush line and a strong red shape for her dress).  The rolled ink shapes contribute to the sense of abstraction.