Object Details
Artist
Alan Feltus, born Washington, DC 1943
Exhibition Label
“Paintings are about many things and at the same time about nothing more than painting itself. They don’t have narrative content; they don’t tell stories.” Feltus said he seeks silence in his work and believes “Art…should not merely reflect our surroundings like a mirror, adding to the clutter, but become something more wonderful, more meaningful.”
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Date
1983
Object number
1986.6.29
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
66 1/8 x 44 1/8 in. (168.0 x 112.0 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure group\female
Object\art object\painting
Object\flower\lily
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1986.6.29