View of Artist's Home
Object Details
- Artist
- Pedro Cervántez, born Willcox, AZ 1914-died Clovis, NM 1987
- Luce Center Label
- Pedro Cervántez painted this view of his porch and property in New Mexico at a pivotal moment in his career. In 1938 he was thrust into the New York art scene with a Museum of Modern Art show that celebrated contemporary artists. In the 1930s, critics praised folk art for its specifically American character, and championed unknown artists like Cervántez for being artists "of the people," working in an authentically American style. View of Artist's Home has the forthright drawing and fresh colors of folk painting. The image captures the humble, comforting intimacy of the farm and the vast sweep of land and sky that surrounds it.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
- 1938
- Object number
- 1985.8.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Folk Art
- Medium
- oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 20 1/8 x 32 in. (51.1 x 81.2 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Occupation\art\artist
- New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\New Mexico
- Object\furniture\chest
- Architecture Exterior\detail\fence
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\Cervantez
- Record ID
- saam_1985.8.23
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7de402918-1c1c-4555-9576-9c200ef17735
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