Elkins Park View

Sidney Goodman, Elkins Park View, 1971, charcoal and conte crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.36, © 1971, Sidney Goodman
Copied Sidney Goodman, Elkins Park View, 1971, charcoal and conte crayon on paper, sheet: 27 1⁄8 x 41 5⁄8 in. (69.0 x 105.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.36, © 1971, Sidney Goodman

Artwork Details

Title
Elkins Park View
Artist
Date
1971
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 27 1⁄8 x 41 5⁄8 in. (69.0 x 105.6 cm)
Copyright
© 1971, Sidney Goodman
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
charcoal and conte crayon on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
  • Architecture — domestic — apartment
  • Cityscape — Pennsylvania — Elkins Park
Object Number
1986.6.36
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.36

Artwork Description

Sidney Goodman based this drawing on the view from his studio window in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park. The uncomfortable viewpoint reflects his concern about what he called “the violated landscape,” places in which inanimate structures--- water tanks, dumpsters, utility poles, and out-of-scale buildings--- “threaten the harmony of nature.”


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014