Icarus

Artist Scott Greene (born 1958 Denver, Colorado; lives Bernalillo, New Mexico)

Date1995

Mediumoil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 21 1/8 × 16 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (53.7 × 41 × 4.1 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ray Graham

Object numberPC2020.8.106

DescriptionA painting depicting a figure wearing a white shirt, dark pants and barefoot urgently walking to a distant farm field on fire. The title, "Icarus" suggests a correlation to the greek mythology of Icarus. A boy who flies too close to sun and his wings burn. He falls toward the earth in demise.

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