Ho visto la figura 5 in oro

Printer Widmannstättersche Erben Austrian

1690

Not on view

Nel corso degli anni Venti Demuth eseguì una serie di ritratti-manifesto simbolici, che celebravano artisti, scrittori e attori americani contemporanei. Questo quadro fu dedicato a William Carlos Williams, il poeta americano la cui lirica “The Great Figure” (La grande figura) ispirò il titolo e il soggetto del quadro. Come nella poesia, un camion dei pompieri N. 5 sfreccia rumoroso per le vie illuminate dai lampioni nella città sferzata dalla pioggia. Le forme, le parole e le linee frammentate che vogliono indicare movimento e rumore derivano dal Cubismo francese e dal Futurismo italiano, ma la materia urbana del soggetto, il senso delle dimensioni e i contorni nitidi sono tipici del Precisionismo americano.

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Titolo: Ho visto la figura 5 in oro
Artista: Charles Demuth, Americano, 1883-1935
Data: 1928
Materiale e tecnica: Olio, grafite, inchiostro, foglia d'oro su cartone (cartone Upson)
Dimensioni: 90,2 x 76,2 cm
Crediti: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Numero d'inventario: 49.59.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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