Still Life with Telephone
Maker
Luigi Lucioni
(American, 1900 - 1988)
Additional Title(s)
- Through a Window
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1926
Mediumoil on board
Dimensionsboard: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm.)
frame: 31 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (79.4 × 69.2 × 5.4 cm.)
DescriptionStill life of an interior with a table on which there is a near empty bottle of wine, a glass, apples, can of soup, and old-fashioned telephone, in front of an open window. Table cloth is rumpled and dis-sheveled.
SignedSigned and dated on recto in lower left: L. Lucioni 26
InscribedSigned and dated on recto in lower left: L. Lucioni 26
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council and the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Label TextLuigi Lucioni juxtaposed objects traditionally associated with artists' still lifes-fruit, a bottle, and drapery-with items associated with modern America: a can of Campbell's soup and a telephone. A glimpse of Washington Square Park in New York City can be seen through the open window.Lucioni immigrated to New York from Italy as a child. At age 31, he became the youngest artist to have a painting-his still life Dahlias and Apples-purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Status
On viewObject number2006.7
Joseph Proctor
19th century
Object number: L2015.41.171
