Magnum

© Estate of Charles Pfahl. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduc…
© Estate of Charles Pfahl
Magnum
© Estate of Charles Pfahl. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Magnum

Date2013
Artist (American painter, 1946–2013)
MediumOil, gold, and silver colored leaf on panel mounted to board covered with antique Chinese fabric
Dimensions18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
support: 28 1/2 × 34 × 1 in. (72.4 × 86.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sharon Van Ivan, 2020
Object number2020-55
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextCharles Pfahl’s Magnum captures the beauty in the mundane; here, the skeleton of a crow that the artist watched decompose in his studio over the course of three years.
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