| Art on Art on Art: Charles Demuth, Robert Indiana and William Carlos Williams |
| Charles Demuth was inspired to paint The Figure Five in Gold (1928) by a poem written by his friend William Carlos Williams, The Great Figure: Among the rain / and lights / I saw the figure 5 / in gold ... Painter, poet Robert Indiana picked up the thread 35 years later with his painting The Figure Five (1963). |
Charles Demuth Figure Five in Gold, 1928 The painting was inspired by the poem, "The Great Figure," written by the artist's friend William Carlos Williams From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
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| The Great Figure Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red fire truck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city -- William Carlos Williams |
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Robert Indiana The Figure Five, 1963 Inspired by Charles Demuth's painting, Robert Indiana completes the circle of influence as a poet in his own right. On loan from the artist to the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. |
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