The Swallows
Date1946
Artist
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
(American painter and printmaker, 1878–1955, born in Sweden)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
frame: 36 3/4 × 46 1/2 in. (93.3 × 118.1 cm)
frame: 36 3/4 × 46 1/2 in. (93.3 × 118.1 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Purchase Fund, 1948
Object number1948-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextNordfeldt captures the silhouettes of birds flying over the rooftops of New York City in this canvas, which combines abstract linear elements and recognizable forms.