Object Details
- Artist
- O. Louis Guglielmi, born Cairo, Egypt 1906-died Amagansett, NY 1956
- Luce Center Label
- The overcast sky, neglected buildings, and fallen monuments in Connecticut Autumn create an eerie landscape that evokes the poverty and despair of the 1930s. The young boy flying a kite appears full of hope and innocence, but a closer look reveals that his kite string crosses the power lines. The statue of an angel underscores the imminent tragedy, as he beckons to the boy from the monument yard (Baker, O. Louis Guglielmi, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1980).
- Luce Object Quote
- "In 1932 . . . it was a considerably different world that I was to face, a world of changing values and frightening lack of money." The artist, quoted in Miller and Barr, American Realists and Magic Realists, 1943
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration
- 1937
- Object number
- 1971.447.35
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 23 7/8 x 30 in. (60.5 x 76.3 cm)
- See more items in
- 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
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\industry
- Monument\gravestone
- Landscape\season\autumn
- Architecture\industry\foundry
- Landscape\Connecticut
- Recreation\sport and play\kite flying
- Figure male\child\full length
- New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\New York City
- Record ID
- saam_1971.447.35
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk719021177-d309-4039-98f8-30d69fde5626
