Elkins Park View

Sidney Goodman, Elkins Park View, 1971, charcoal and conte crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.36, © 1971, Sidney Goodman
Sidney Goodman, Elkins Park View, 1971, charcoal and conte crayon on paper, sheet: 27 1841 58 in. (69.0105.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.36, © 1971, Sidney Goodman

Artwork Details

Title
Elkins Park View
Date
1971
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 27 1841 58 in. (69.0105.6 cm)
Copyright
© 1971, Sidney Goodman
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums Description
charcoal and conte crayon on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape — Pennsylvania — Elkins Park
  • Architecture — domestic — apartment
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
Object Number
1986.6.36

Artwork Description

Sidney Goodman based this drawing on the view from his studio window in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park. The uncomfortable viewpoint reflects his concern about what he called “the violated landscape,” places in which inanimate structures--- water tanks, dumpsters, utility poles, and out-of-scale buildings--- “threaten the harmony of nature.”


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

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William H. Johnson, Young Pastry Cook, ca. 1928-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.693
Young Pastry Cook
Dateca. 1928-1930
oil on canvas
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William H. Johnson, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1935-1938, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.814
Portrait of a Man
Dateca. 1935-1938
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, Breakdown with Flat Tire, ca. 1940-1941, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.587
Breakdown with Flat Tire
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, For India and China, ca. 1944-1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.662
For India and China
Dateca. 1944-1945
oil on paperboard
On view