Contemporary Art
Schwartz Art Collection
Schwartz Art Collection
Stephanie Brody Lederman
(American, born 1939)
The Music of Mortal Lives, 2002
Stephanie Brody Lederman, The Music of Mortal Lives, 2002, oil on canvas. 48 x 53 in., Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School
Stephanie Brody Lederman’s paintings draw viewers in, as American playwright Edward Albee described: “I dropped by an exhibition…the other day...and was drawn at once to a piece by…Lederman. It sprang to my attention—not by size or ostentation or vulgarity, but by its confident, unapologetic, riveting presence… [I]t does not shout, or wave its parts around; it draws one by its concentrated individuality, its wry and touching approach to its touching concerns. The calligraphy, the seemingly childish drawing, the surprisingly apt color choices...define the experience.”