DISPENSATION OF VIRTUE
Artist
BRUCE H. SMITH
(b.1936)
Date2011
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions109.2 × 97.8 cm (43 × 38 1/2") (Image)
Frame: 113 × 102.1 cm (44 1/2 × 40 3/16")
Frame: 113 × 102.1 cm (44 1/2 × 40 3/16")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Museum Leadership Council members Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley, Roy and Carol Christensen, Curtis Atkisson, Craig and Marilyn Faulker, Ray and Rita Hingson, Holly and David Jordan, and Stephen and Martha West in honor of Brigham Young University Museum of Art Director Campbell Gray (1996-2011).
Object number110010001
DescriptionThe image is dominated by a group of standing figures, all barefoot, both male and female, however a central male figure clothed in red and a female figure clothed in off-white are central. The central male figure has a yellow halo behind his head and is see full-face, where the remainder of the figures are in stages of profile. The central female figure is wearing a brown mantle over her shift and a white headscarf. She is raising her right hand to touch that shoulder of the figure in red. The background has slanting geometric lines.On View
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