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Artist:
Harold Weston, born Merion, PA 1894-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (107.0 x 91.8 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1949
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
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Cityscape\New York\New York  Search this
Occupation\industry\construction  Search this
Architecture\machine\crane  Search this
Architecture Exterior\commercial\skyscraper  Search this
Architecture Exterior\civic\United Nations  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Committee of the Weston United Nations Paintings
Object number:
1955.11.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk740e471e0-e8c7-47ed-b543-106ead6ad3aa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1955.11.3