Big Rabbit, Little Rabbit
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Nathaniel Mary Quinn translates childhood memories and personal mythology into this fanciful family portrait of the artist seated on his father’s lap. The title refers to a pair of nicknames for the artist and his father, which frame an intrinsic bond that Quinn explores through this work. While the tender gesture suggests a sense of care, the figures’ fragmented faces and animal-like features, as well as the father’s foreboding silhouette and feminine attire, allude to the composite and entangled nature of family relationships.
Caption
Nathaniel Mary Quinn American, born 1977. Big Rabbit, Little Rabbit, 2017. Charcoal, gouache, soft pastel, oil pastel, oil paint, paint stick, acrylic silver powder on paper, 72 × 56 in. (182.9 × 142.2 cm) frame: 76 × 60 in. (193 × 152.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, 2017.33. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2017.33_PS11.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Big Rabbit, Little Rabbit
Date
2017
Medium
Charcoal, gouache, soft pastel, oil pastel, oil paint, paint stick, acrylic silver powder on paper
Classification
Dimensions
72 × 56 in. (182.9 × 142.2 cm) frame: 76 × 60 in. (193 × 152.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed verso
Credit Line
Purchase gift of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia
Accession Number
2017.33
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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