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 1⁄8 x 41 5⁄8 in. (69.0 x 105.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.36, © 1971, Sidney Goodman

Artwork Details

Title
Elkins Park View
Artist
Date
1971
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 27 1⁄8 x 41 5⁄8 in. (69.0 x 105.6 cm)
Copyright
© 1971, Sidney Goodman
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
charcoal and conte crayon on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
  • Architecture — domestic — apartment
  • Cityscape — Pennsylvania — Elkins Park
Object Number
1986.6.36
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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

Works by this artist (3 items)

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
Elkins Park View
Artist
Date1971
charcoal and conte crayon on paper
Not on view
Sidney Goodman, Courtyard, 1969, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1973.179
Courtyard
Artist
Date1969
etching on paper
Not on view
Sidney Goodman, Bride Profile, 1962, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.57
Bride Profile
Artist
Date1962
charcoal on paper
Not on view

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