Fourth of July Still Life
Date1975
Artist
Audrey Flack
(American painter, draftsman, and sculptor, 1931–2024)
Publisher
Styria Studio Inc.
Medium16-color laminated, die cut screen print
Dimensionssheet: 36 × 36 in. (91.4 × 91.4 cm)
frame: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
frame: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975
Object number1975-136
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe found objects in Flack's screenprint evoke the flood of commemorative memorabilia that accompanied the Bicentennial and put the iconography of the American Revolution into a new consumerist context. In accompanying text, she writes: “The Fourth of July Still Life is a visual mix of symbols. I grew up on the streets of New York and all of the objects I represented in the work came out of my American childhood. I have chosen these objects because they evoke memories, feelings, sounds, and colors of America. The brash sound of a trumpet, the tinsel of a shiny fire cracker, the kitsch appeal of a dime store liberty bell. I have tried to create an absolutely American still life.” - AF
