The Force ​“The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower/​Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees/​Is my destroyer./And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose/​My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.” –Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems, 

John Massey, The Force "The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower/Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees/Is my destroyer./And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose/My youth is bent by the same wintry fever." --Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems, 1939. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1966, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.199
Copied John Massey, The Force "The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower/Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees/Is my destroyer./And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose/My youth is bent by the same wintry fever." --Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems, , 1966, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 3⁄8 in. (76.2 x 77.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.199

Artwork Details

Title
The Force ​“The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower/​Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees/​Is my destroyer./And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose/​My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.” –Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems, 1939. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
30 x 30 3⁄8 in. (76.2 x 77.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract — geometric
  • Allegory — quality — fortitude
  • Object — foliage
Object Number
1984.124.199
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.199