Artist:

Howard Newman, born Elizabeth, NJ 1943  Search this

Medium:

bronze on integral base

Dimensions:

15 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (38.1 x 16.5 x 20.7 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1978

Luce Center Label:

Winter depicts a large, heavily clad figure with only a tiny face revealed to the elements. The fragmented construction resembles armor, suggesting a form of defense against violence as well as the weather. Newman feels that every individual requires some form of protection, and Winter could be a metaphor for the imagined barriers people create between themselves and the rest of the world.

Luce Object Quote:

“We protect ourselves to keep out of the cold of the northern winter and the gaze, real or imagined, that others or we ourselves cast upon us.” Howard Newman, 2004

Topic:

Figure  Search this

Allegory\season\winter  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation

Object number:

1985.30.55

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk763d4843d-c35c-4736-b72d-26d5b2309a07

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.30.55