The Ticket Office

Philip C. Curtis, The Ticket Office, 1973, oil on gesso board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2001.51.1
Copied Philip C. Curtis, The Ticket Office, 1973, oil on gesso board, 26 x 17 3⁄4 in. (66.0 x 45.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2001.51.1

Artwork Details

Title
The Ticket Office
Artist
Date
1973
Location
Dimensions
26 x 17 3⁄4 in. (66.0 x 45.1 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of the artist
Mediums Description
oil on gesso board
Classifications
Keywords
  • Fantasy
  • Landscape — forest
  • Figure female — waist length
  • Architecture Exterior — civic — theater
Object Number
2001.51.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2001.51.1

Artwork Description

Philip C. Curtis often painted buildings, costumes, and objects that evoke the past. The Ticket Office suggests a moment frozen in time, as if a forest had grown around the woman in the booth while she stared dreamily into space. The ornate gold decoration recalls a nineteenth-century theater or circus. It appears abandoned, a remnant of days gone by that was forgotten when everybody else moved on.