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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• paintings • American art
*Work
Type [link]:
• painting
*Title: The
Figure 5 in Gold Title
Type: preferred
Title: Five
in Gold Title Type:
alternate
Title: I
Saw the Figure Five in Gold Title
Type: alternate
*Creator
Display: Charles Demuth (American,
1883-1935)
*Role
[link]: painter [link]: Demuth,
Charles
*Creation
Date Display: 1928 [controlled]:
• Earliest:
1928 • Latest:
1928
*Subjects
[links]: • portrait • William
Carlos Williams (American poet, 1883-1963) •
The Great Figure (poem) • industry
• five (number) • fire engine
Style [link]:
• Futurist • Cubist
Culture [link]: American
*Current
Location Display [link]: Metropolitan
Museum of Art (New York; New York, United States)
• ID:
49.59.1
*Measurements:
90.2 x 76.2 cm (35 1/2 x 30 inches)
[controlled]: • Value: 90.2
Unit: cm
Type: height
| • Value: 76.2
Unit: cm
Type: width
*Materials
and Techniques: oil on cardboard
Material [links]:
• oil paint • cardboard Technique
[links]: • painting
Description: In
the 1920s Demuth produced a series of poster-portraits
honoring his contemporaries, inspired by Gertrude
Stein's word-portraits. This painting pays homage
to a poem by William Carlos Williams, "The Great
Figure." This "portrait" consists not of a physical
likeness of the poet, but of images associated
with him, the poet's initials, and the names "Bill"
and "Carlos." Williams' poem describes the experience
of seeing a red fire engine with the number 5
painted on it racing through the city streets.
Description Source
[link]: Metropolitan
Museum of Art online. www.metmuseum.org
(accessed 29 July 2006).
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