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Reflections on an Exterior Still Life

Reflections on an Exterior Still Life

Object NamePainting

Artist / Maker Bruce E. Smith (American, b. 1943)

Date1990

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 1/4 x 50 1/8 in. (127.6 x 127.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineIowa Art in State Buildings Project for Beardshear Hall. Gift of the Class of 1976. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberU90.103

Status

On view

Collections

Label TextThis near empty room serves as a place of solitude, self reflection and contemplation of one's own private rooms filled with personal thoughts and musings. The table, chair and flowers signify the public aspects of self and the physical landscapes we occupy. The mirror in the center of the canvas reflects the black space of nothingness back into the viewer's space-begging the question, where is the viewer?

Locations

(not entered) Iowa State University, Beardshear Hall, Office of the Vice President for Research

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