Jimmy Lee Sudduth began making art as a child in his native Alabama. To create his own paints and dyes, he would collect leaves, mud, and foodstuffs, a skill he learned from his healer mother, who gathered plants from the woods to make medicines and remedies. Using his fingers as brushes, he would compose images on whatever surface was available to him, often boards from a local plywood factory. His art often depicted everyday life in Alabama, but he also created views of New York and other cities. In Big City Skyline, lines of people move toward imposing skyscrapers, emphasizing the anonymity and isolation of America’s large cities.
- Title
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Big City Skyline
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1988
- Location
- Dimensions
- 37 x 48 in. (94.0 x 121.9 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- paint, mud, and sand on plywood
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Architecture Exterior – commercial – skyscraper
- Figure group
- Cityscape
- Object Number
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1997.124.39
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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