Artwork Details
- Title
- Woman with Cockatoo
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1895-1917
- Location
- Dimensions
- 28 1⁄8 x 24 1⁄8 in. (71.3 x 61.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Figure female
- Animal — bird — parrot
- Architecture Interior
- Object Number
- 1986.65.112
Artwork Description
Peter Oliver Foss painted a woman in extravagant surroundings to evoke wealth and luxury, but the uncaged bird and spilled fruit suggest that she might want to break free of her constricted world. Rich tones of red and gold paint fill the canvas, highlighting the figure’s elaborate gown and the exotic splendor of her “gilded cage.”