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The Four Seasons

May 4 – September 12, 2016

Philip Haas, Spring (after Arcimboldo)
Philip Haas, Spring (after Arcimboldo), 2011, fiberglass, 180 x 125 1/4 x 114 1/4 in.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be closed Monday, May 13, to prepare for the visit of Antiques Roadshow. We will return to normal hours of operation Wednesday, May 15.

The Four Seasons, by American artist and filmmaker Philip Haas, is a series of large-scale fiberglass sculptures inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s four 1563 Italian Renaissance paintings: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.  Haas’s twenty-first-century interpretation translates the historic paintings into three-dimensional form and connects us to nature’s annual cycle of death and renewal. Each bust showcases a medley of vegetation associated with a specific time of year.

Maquettes

Haas’s four smaller versions of the sculptures (maquettes) are on view inside the Museum.

Philip Haas maquettes

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