120.9.14.286.9.33-ton 290.9.27 be at 153.9.28.110.8.17.255.9.29 evening 178.9.8... -an informer's coded message
1955
41.0 x 31.0 cm
Jacob Lawrence (1917 – 2000)
Slovenská meta popis: Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) bol významný americký umelec známy svojou dynamickou kubistickou stylom a silnými obrazy afroamerickej spoločnosti, histórie a sociálnej spravodlivosti. Jeho najznámejšie diela zahŕňajú sériu 'Migračná série'.
American Revolutionary officer-turned-traitor Benedict Arnold used a numerical substitution system to inform the British of General George Washington’s secret plan to cross the Hudson River in 1780. Lawrence conceived of this exchange close-up as the informer whispers into the ear of his contact. Eliminating the space between the stony faces, he emphasized the dangerous nature of espionage and betrayal. The artist painted this panel one year after the collapse of Joseph McCarthy’s damaging investigations into the loyalties of progressive Americans. The subject pointedly references the widespread fear created by informers and "friendly witnesses" as well as by the FBI, which surveilled many artists, including Lawrence, for so-called "subversive" ties to left-leaning organizations.
O tomto diele
- Názov: 120.9.14.286.9.33-ton 290.9.27 be at 153.9.28.110.8.17.255.9.29 evening 178.9.8... -an informer's coded message
- Umenec: Jacob Lawrence
- Rok: 1955
- Pôvodné rozmery: 41.0 x 31.0 cm
- Formát: Portrait
- Stav autorských práv: Pod ochranou autorského práva
- Paleta farieb: Earthy
- Vnímaná jasnosť: deep_shadow
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