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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
New Moon for August
“I am not just drawing one form, I am drawing two forms with one line, and I am having to think of both sides of the line, feel both sides, know both sides, and one side is no more important to me than the other.”
—Leon Polk Smith
ArtistLeon Polk Smith(1906-1996)
Date1983
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions97 x 48 3/4 in. (246.4 x 123.8 cm)
Mark(s)verso, on crossbar: [Washburn Gallery label]
Inscription(s)verso, c.l.: New Moon for August / 97" x 50" 1983 / Hang White Elipse Vertically
verso, c.l.: a/c
verso, c.r.: TOP [with arrow indicating direction]
verso, c.r.: © Leon Polk Smith
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation on the occasion of the Museum's inauguration, 2011.41
ClassificationPainting
Provenancethe Artist; to Leon Polk Smith Foundation Trust, Brooklyn, NY; to (Washburn Gallery, New York, NY); given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2011
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 4.4× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.
