Liquor Store Window

Fannie Hillsmith · 1946

This one's called Liquor Store Window — a painting by the American artist Fannie Hillsmith, nineteen forty-six. Tempera: pigment bound in egg, which dries within minutes and cannot be blended once down. In the picture, look for the abstract geometric.

Medium Tempera, oil, and sand on canvas · Dimensions 32 x 34 1/8" (81.3 x 86.7 cm) · Credit Purchase

Hanging beside it in Gallery 521: Mask, Landscape with Steer

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Campbell's Soup Cans, Acrylic No. 3, Head of a Woman, Grapes, 2x-2, Untitled