Object Details
Artist
Wynn Chamberlain, born Minneapolis, MN 1927-died New Delhi, India 2014
Luce Center Label
Wynn Chamberlain created this painting at the suggestion of an art dealer, who was exhibiting portraits of interior spaces. This haunting view of an unmade bed, open window, and a pinup calendar leads us to wonder who lives there. We can only see a corner of the bed, and it is easy to imagine the anonymous occupant is asleep. We are voyeurs, spying through the keyhole under the darkness of night.
Luce Object Quote
“This room never existed except in my mind. It is a composite of a number of rooms I’ve been in at one time or another---peopled by the discords or possessions of those who have been there.” Wynn Chamberlain
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Date
1955
Object number
1986.6.16
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
egg tempera on fiberboard
Dimensions
23 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (59.0 x 41.3 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 39A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Cityscape\season\summer
Object\furniture\chair
Architecture Interior\detail\window
Architecture Interior\domestic\bedroom
Object\furniture\bed
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1986.6.16