American Gothic
Purchase, The Eugene and Estelle Ferkauf Foundation Gift, 1989
Catalogue
- Year
- 1971
- Dimensions
- 60 × 50 in. (152.4 × 127 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Benny Andrews
Artist
Painting
Benny Andrews was an American painter and printmaker known for figurative work addressing social injustice and the African American experience. Working primarily in oil, acrylic, and collage throughout the postwar period, Andrews developed a gestural style that combined expressionist mark-making with direct representation of working-class subjects and protest imagery. He was active in civil rights advocacy and maintained a studio practice spanning nearly five decades until his death in 2006.
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Growing Up from Impressions: Our World, Volume I
1973 · Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)
The Ball Game (No More Games Study #7)
1970 · Ink and pencil on paper
Teaser (Black Athlete Study #2)
1970 · Ink and pencil on paper
Come out Fighting
1970 · Ink on paper
No More Games
1970 · Oil on canvas with cut-and-pasted primed and raw canvas, T-shirt, garment fragments, and partially painted printed fabrics, two panels
Black Athlete (Study #1)
1970 · Ink and pencil on paper
Record
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- Benny Andrews
- Year
- 1971
- Dimensions
- 60 × 50 in. (152.4 × 127 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1971-147833
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified