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Object Details
- Artist
- Dacre F. Boulton, born Russell, Manitoba, Canada 1906-died Toronto, Ontario, Canda 1984
- Luce Center Label
- Dacre Boulton painted Winter while working for Region 7 of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), a program sponsored by the New Deal that paid artists for their work. Under the PWAP, the United States was divided into sixteen regions, and Region 7 included Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri. In this image, Boulton depicted his surrounding urban landscape. The dark, muted colors of the buildings and barren trees, and the snow-covered streets, reveal a dreary winter day, but also hint at the hardships endured all over the country during the Great Depression, a dark period in America's history.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor
- ca. 1933-1934
- Object number
- 1964.1.134
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 34 1/8 x 28 3/8 in. (86.7 x 72.1 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, 38A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure male
- Cityscape\street
- Cityscape\season\winter
- New Deal\Public Works of Art Project\Missouri
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\shed
- Record ID
- saam_1964.1.134
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79c490069-de12-4e2a-8f6f-9715b03211e3
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