Raphael Soyer once said, “If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate.” Throughout his life, Soyer explored the inner individual. Annunciation is a quiet painting of two young women caught in a moment of introspection. The biblical title, which refers to the moment when an angel tells the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Messiah, is a clue to an implied meaning about regeneration and the mystery of life.
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014
- Title
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Annunciation
- Artist
- Date
- 1980
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 56 1⁄8 x 50 1⁄8 in. (142.5 x 127.3 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on linen
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Recreation – leisure – grooming
- Figure group – female
- Architecture Interior – domestic – bathroom
- Object Number
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1986.6.98
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
