Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Time
Max Ferguson paints hyper-realistic images of ordinary, working people. In Time, a clock repairman sits in his shop surrounded by clocks—a powerful metaphor for the passage of time. Notice the small details that establish a larger story about time's inevitable progress.
ArtistMax Ferguson, born 1959
Date2006
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions44 x 44 x 4 in.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.115
ClassificationPainting
Provenancepurchased from the Artist by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2010
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 266× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.