Elizabeth OldsEstados Unidos, 1896–1991Merry-Go-Round
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¿Dónde está «Merry-Go-Round» hoy? Colección: Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis, Minneapolis. No expuesta por ahora. Comprobado 29 de septiembre de 2026.
Minneapolis, Estados Unidos
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- El museo
Sobre la obra
The little girl confidently riding a huge white horse points to Elizabeth Olds’s concern for racial justice. Like other liberal artists in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, Olds believed that art could effect social change. Her approach here is matter-of-fact, depicting diverse riders enjoying a popular pastime. They could be at New York’s Coney Island amusement park, which in 1938 had thirteen carousels.
To achieve her painterly look, Olds painted her design on the gauzy mesh screen with a greasy substance, then treated it so that the unpainted areas hardened into a stencil. Each color had a different stencil. The technique is especially effective in the delicate warm-gray shading on the horse.
Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis
Ficha
- Número de inventario
- P.11, 767
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- Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis
- Imagen: Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis — © Elizabeth Olds
