Building the United Nations--#1--Steelwork of Secretariat
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Object Details
- Artist
- Harold Weston, born Merion, PA 1894-died New York City 1972
- Luce Center Label
- Harold Weston spent the postwar years in New York and was active in numerous relief projects. He believed that the United Nations “was the greatest hope for a better world” and created a series of six paintings to show the construction of its headquarters from 1949 to 1952. To be able to see the internal structure of the building evokes the hopes of those who created the organization, intended as an open and transparent forum where people from all over the world could come and resolve their differences.
- Luce Object Quote
- “Painting is like going to bed with an idea, an experience or impression which means something to you.” “Weston on Weston,” Magazine of Art, January 1939, reprinted in Wolf, Harold Weston, 1978
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Committee of the Weston United Nations Paintings
- 1949
- Object number
- 1955.11.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 42 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (107.0 x 91.8 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, 41A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Cityscape\New York\New York
- Occupation\industry\construction
- Architecture\machine\crane
- Architecture Exterior\commercial\skyscraper
- Architecture Exterior\civic\United Nations
- Record ID
- saam_1955.11.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk740e471e0-e8c7-47ed-b543-106ead6ad3aa
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