Artist

Ernest Trova

born St. Louis, MO 1927-died Richmond Heights, MO 2009
Also known as
  • Ernest Tino Trova
  • Ernest T. Trova
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died
Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States

Works by this artist (4 items)

Ernest Trova, FM/5' AWF #3, 1986, stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.17
FM/5′ AWF #3
Date1986
stainless steel
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Reclining Nude, 1957, casein latex on board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.33
Reclining Nude
Date1957
casein latex on board
Not on view
Ernest Trova, "Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self-control is disastrous."--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1963, oil and pencil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.292
Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self…
Date1963
oil and pencil on canvas
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man Manscapes, 1970, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.18.56
Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man…
Date1970
screenprint on paper
Not on view