Interior with Lamp and Flowers

Michael Goldberg

1924–2007

Interior with Lamp and Flowers, 1966

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; pastel; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 175.3 x 153.7 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 69 1/2 x 60 1/2 in

Credit line: Gift of the Childe Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Accession number: 1968.0006

Not on display

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Archive Label 2003: This work applies the large scale and gestural flourish of the Abstract Expressionist painters to the portrayal of a simple scene. The repetition of shapes makes the painting hover between abstraction and representation. Like other artists working in the 1960s, Goldberg uses scale to reinvent our perspective on everyday objects. Exhibition Label: "Dreams and Portals," Jun-2008, Kris Ercums and Susan Earle This work applies the large scale and gestural flourish of the Abstract Expressionist painters to the portrayal of a simple scene. The repetition of shapes makes the painting hover between abstraction and representation. Like other artists working in the 1960s, Goldberg uses scale to reinvent our perspective on everyday objects.