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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
Time44 × 44 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 266× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.