File:Phyllis Bramson Picturing a Model World 50x72 2003.jpg

Painting, Picturing a Model World (mixed media and collage on canvas, 50” x 72”, 2003) by artist Phyllis Bramson. Illustrates a key period and type of work in Bramson’s career when she began painting in a more postmodern fashion, using collage and mixed media, and further developing her distinctive iconography.

Artist Phyllis Bramson, 2003. Copyright held by the artist.

Phyllis Bramson

Entire artwork

Yes

The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a new type of work (painting) and critical moment in the artist's practice and technique: her third decade of paintings which saw a postmodern shift in her work to include collage and appropriation. This work has been has been written about and exhibited extensively. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this method in her art and her development. Bramson’s work of this type and the work itself are discussed in the article and elsewhere.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Bramson, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.