Flying American
Maker and role
Artist: Larry Rivers, American, 1923-2002
Year
1959-1960
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
50 1/4 x 40 3/4in (127.6 x 103.5cm)
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Tom Slick
Accession number
1973.28
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
Flying American unites two of Larry Rivers' artistic interests: representing the human figure -- a career-long concern -- and use of painterly brushwork. Beginning in the red block with a curving black line for the left side of the face, a series of other black lines and white streaks demarcates a figure. Moving down into the blue and purple upper torso area, the contours of shoulders and arms appear, with a whitened triangle suggesting a collar or neckline. In the lower green section, two parallel vertical patches imply trousers. Expressive application of the paint connects Flying American to Abstract Expressionism, while the overlapping color forms recall the influence of Hans Hofmann, with whom Rivers had studied.
Copyright
© Estate of Larry Rivers/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Documentation
Tom Slick: International Art Collector; William J. Chiego; 2009; p. 92-93
Signature & date
Signed verso: Rivers
Dated verso: '60
Inscribed verso: Flying American
Dated verso: '60
Inscribed verso: Flying American
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