Magnum
Date2013
Artist
Charles Pfahl
(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)
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 viewClassificationsPAINTING
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.