In Sleep

Simon Dinnerstein, In Sleep, 1983, conte crayon, colored pencils, and pastel on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.22, © 1983, Simon Dinnerstein
Simon Dinnerstein, In Sleep, 1983, conte crayon, colored pencils, and pastel on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 37 1⁄8 x 60 in. (94.2 x 152.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.22, © 1983, Simon Dinnerstein

Artwork Details

Title
In Sleep
Artist
Date
1983
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 37 1⁄8 x 60 in. (94.2 x 152.4 cm)
Copyright
© 1983, Simon Dinnerstein
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
conte crayon, colored pencils, and pastel on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female
  • African American
  • State of being — other — sleep
  • Portrait female — Yorke, Cheryl
  • Landscape — West Indies — St. Vincent
Object Number
1986.6.22
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.22

Artwork Description

The model for Dinnerstein’s multiple images of a sleeping woman was a student at the New York City Technical College in Brooklyn where the artist taught. While posing, the student shared stories of her childhood on the West Indies island of Saint Vincent. Above the sequence of sleeping forms is a dream/memory of her family and community that summons thoughts of constancy and passing time.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (4 items)

Carl Holty, (Untitled), 1932, pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.90
(Untitled)
Artist
Date1932
pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Carl Holty, Gridiron, 1943-1944, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.59
Gridiron
Artist
Date1943-1944
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Carl Holty, Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists, 1937, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.114.14
Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists
Artist
Date1937
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Image Not Available
Composition
Artist
Date1926
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Not on view

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      An interview with artist Simon Dinnerstein about his work In Sleep. 

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