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Title
The
Red
Stairway
.
Creator
Shahn, Ben (American painter, photographer, and lithographer, 1898-1969)
Date
1944
Cultural Context
American
North American
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Social realism
Realism (form of expression)
Figures (representations)
Figurative art
Men (male humans)
Adults
Handicapped
Physically handicapped
Dismemberment
Walking
Back views
Costume (mode of fashion)
Drapery (representations)
Coats (garments)
Crutches (equipment)
Half figures
Front views
Baskets (containers)
Containers (receptacles)
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Ruins
Rubble
Rocks
Stone (rock)
Wars
Destruction
Disasters
Man-made disasters
Tragedies
Architectural elements
Walls
Exterior walls
Exterior views
Windows
Interior walls
Interior views
Structural frames
Roofs
Stairs
Steps
Rails (object components)
Railings (balustrades)
Balustrades
Balusters (railing components)
Sky
Clouds
Subject
Paintings
Tempera paintings
Men
Adults
People with disabilities
Disfigured persons
Amputees
Amputation
Dismemberment
Wounds & injuries
Walking
Climbing
Backs (Anatomy)
Clothing & dress
Coats
Crutches
Lifting & carrying
Baskets
Containers
Architecture
Buildings
Ruins
Rocks
Debris
War
Warfare
War destruction & pillage
War damage
Disasters
Tragedies
Architectural elements
Structural elements
Structural frames
Structural systems
Walls
Windows
Roofs
Interiors
Stairways
Railings
Balustrades
Balusters
Clouds
Description
Tempera
on
Masonite
.
Material
Tempera on Masonite
Tempera
Water-base paint
Paint
Masonite (TM)
Measurements
16 x 23 5/8"
Technique
Painting (image-making)
Work Type
Paintings
Tempera paintings
Source
Brown, Milton W., et al. American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography. Englewood Cliffs, NY: Prentice-Hall; New York: Abrams, 1979 (p.431, col. pl.71)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Brown courtesy: City Art Museum of St. Louis, Mo.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
2458-18.jpg
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