Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

Sources: Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney: painting and sewing, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Flim-Flam, San Diego State University: Edgeless, and Lefranc Bourgeois: Flashe Extra Fine Vinyl Paint.

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  Latex paint

  The Whitney lists latex house paint in Notley (2013), applied to drop cloth that Zuckerman-Hartung cut, sewed, and joined into a hinged support. The commercial wall coating becomes one part of a constructed painting, rather than a standardized layer on a flat canvas.

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  Enamel paint

  The Whitney’s material record for Notley also lists enamel alongside latex house paint and spray paint. These distinct coatings share the sewn drop-cloth surface, where folds and joins interrupt a conventional picture plane. The work documents enamel as one component of a mixed industrial palette.

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  Spray paint

  In Notley, the Whitney lists spray paint on sewn drop cloth. The artist has described spray-painted dots and later incised marks, working across the assembled fabric rather than a flat support. The aerosol medium is distinct from the latex and enamel also listed for this work.

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  Acrylic paint

  The Whitney records acrylic in The Madame of the Painting (2013), together with latex, fabric and paper collage, and black ink on canvas. Acrylic is a separate paint within this layered work, while the fabric and paper collage remain attached materials. This record documents a mixed-media canvas rather than a single-medium painting.

Sources: Whitney Museum of American Art: Notley and The Madame of the Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art: Notley materials and process.; Whitney: Zuckerman-Hartung on painting and sewing

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  Drop cloth

  Zuckerman-Hartung uses drop cloth as a working support in paintings and sewn constructions. In the Whitney’s Notley (2013), she cuts and sews the cloth into a hinged surface before applying latex house paint, enamel, and spray paint; the construction changes how the work hangs and folds.

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  Canvas

  The Whitney records The Madame of the Painting as a canvas work combining paint, fabric and paper collage, and ink. The support carries layered additions rather than a single painted image, distinguishing it from the sewn drop cloth in Notley.

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  Fabric

  Zuckerman-Hartung’s works use fabric and sewn cloth, where stitching, folds, and painted marks shape the support. In Notley, she joins drop cloth into a hinged construction, making the textile’s movement and seams part of the painting. The seams and folds remain part of the image.

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  Linen

  Linen appears in selected works as a textile support, retaining its woven structure beneath applied material. Zuckerman-Hartung also sews and assembles fabric into constructed paintings, so the linen surface adds a distinct weave and flexible ground to that material practice in documented examples.

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  Cotton

  Cotton appears in her sewn and painted constructions, where the textile can be cut, folded, and joined before paint is added. The cloth is treated as a flexible component of the work’s structure, not simply as a conventional stretched canvas.

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  Silk

  Silk is used in selected fabric-based works, introducing a finer, more flexible textile into Zuckerman-Hartung’s material practice. As with her other sewn supports, the fabric’s texture and drape remain visible in the finished construction. Its fine weave gives the construction a distinct drape.

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  Leather

  Zuckerman-Hartung’s leather works form a heavier surface than the drop cloth and linen used elsewhere. The material bends less readily and its grain remains visible within assembled paintings, adding a distinct texture to her experiments with sewn and constructed supports.

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  Paper

  Zuckerman-Hartung’s works on paper include drawings and painted studies. The sheet format is distinct from her sewn fabric constructions and collaged canvases, allowing her to work with paint and line in a portable, flat support. The sheet format keeps these works separate from sewn constructions.

Sources: Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney: painting and sewing, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Flim-Flam.