Object Details
Artist
Howard Newman, born Elizabeth, NJ 1943
Luce Center Label
Winter depicts a large, heavily clad figure with only a tiny face revealed to the elements. The fragmented construction resembles armor, suggesting a form of defense against violence as well as the weather. Newman feels that every individual requires some form of protection, and Winter could be a metaphor for the imagined barriers people create between themselves and the rest of the world.
Luce Object Quote
“We protect ourselves to keep out of the cold of the northern winter and the gaze, real or imagined, that others or we ourselves cast upon us.” Howard Newman, 2004
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Date
1978
Object number
1985.30.55
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
bronze on integral base
Dimensions
15 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (38.1 x 16.5 x 20.7 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure
Allegory\season\winter
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1985.30.55