  About the Artwork
  
  
  The raw emotional power of Goodman’s work sets her apart from others of the Cass Corridor group. Her paintings from the early 1970s are characterized by cryptic images, particularly organic shapes suggestive of body parts. These recurring symbols, set in fantastic combinations, explore the anxiety of living in a threatening city as well as hinting at personal tragedy.
  
  
  Title
  The Cat Approaches
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1974
  
  Artist
  Brenda Goodman
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  born 1943
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil and pencil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 66 × 51 inches (167.6 × 129.5 cm)
  Framed (slat frame): 66 1/2 × 51 1/2 inches (168.9 × 130.8 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  Contemporary Art after 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Smith Memorial Fund and the Gertrude Kasle Gallery
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  74.183
  
  
  Copyright
  Non-commercial all standard museum
