Irving Petlin (December 17, 1934 – September 1, 2018) was an American artist and painter renowned for his mastery of the pastel medium and collaborations with other artists (including Mark di Suvero and Leon Golub) and for his work in the "series form" in which he employed the raw materials of pastel, oil paint and unprimed linen, and found inspiration in the work of writers and poets including Primo Levi, Bruno Schulz, Paul Celan, Michael Palmer and Edmond Jabès.
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17 December 1934 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Died |
1 September 2018 (aged 83) Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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