Bird in a Medallion
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Unlike many American Scene painters, Paul Sample was associated with multiple regions (Southern California and New England) and both urban and rural subjects. His pictures were highly regarded for their powerfully direct compositions that, like this barren scene, often struck a note of Depression-era melancholy. As one Art News critic observed in 1934, “[Sample] paints simply and conservatively, omitting startling devices . . . and unusual fabrications of color. There is a frank open quality to his work which is rather winning after much current showmanship and affectation.”
Caption
Bird in a Medallion, late 9th–early 10th century. Linen, tapestry-woven, 4 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (11.3 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 1 5/8 x 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (4.1 x 27.1 x 20.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Virgil H. Bird, 84.270. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.270_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Bird in a Medallion
Date
late 9th–early 10th century
Dynasty
Tulunid
Period
Tulunid Dynasty
Geography
Place made: Africa
Medium
Linen, tapestry-woven
Classification
Dimensions
4 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (11.3 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 1 5/8 x 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (4.1 x 27.1 x 20.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Virgil H. Bird
Accession Number
84.270
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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