Holt Quentel
American · b. 1961
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Holt Quentel is an American artist known for her 1980s distressed canvas paintings [Holt Quentel](https://maisondart.com/exhibitions/holt-quentel). She painted bold motifs on unstretched fabric, artificially aging them with sanders and washing machines to critique modernism [Holt Quentel](https://www.artforum.com/events/holt-quentel-2-221492/). She withdrew from the art world in the 1990s.