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The New One

Aaron Gilbert

Contemporary Art

Aaron Gilbert imbues this scene of a mother and child at bath time with a tender and peculiar intimacy. Through the spare setting, play of bodily proportions, and shallow pictorial space, the artist explores the complex psychology of family life. The image centers around the simple gesture of the mother lifting the child’s chin above the surface of the water, a sign of the bonds built during quiet moments of care and affection.
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES 2007
DIMENSIONS 38 x 43 x 2 1/4 in. (96.5 x 109.2 x 5.7 cm) frame (vitrine): 42 × 47 × 6 in. (106.7 × 119.4 × 15.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2010.68
CREDIT LINE Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 2010
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Aaron Gilbert (American, born 1979). The New One, 2007. Oil on canvas, 38 x 43 x 2 1/4 in. (96.5 x 109.2 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 2010, 2010.68. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2010.68_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2010.68_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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RIGHTS STATEMENT © Aaron Gilbert
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