Marathoner Sentinel #13
Elizabeth Saalfield Ives
(American, born in 1942)
1994
Medium/TechniquePaper; oil and acrylic modeling paste on paper, mounted on mat board
Dimensions121.9 x 127 cm (48 x 50 in.)
Credit LineRobert L. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Bruce A. Beal Acquisition Fund
Accession number1995.50
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMixed media
Collections
Ives derives her imagery from the leg bones of a runner. Both sculpted and painted, these limbs are at once emerging from and receding into the traditional “image space”—coming and going, leading and guarding. “It is a metaphor for human resilience,” she has said. As a Bostonian who has witnessed many historic marathons, she notes: “Ultimately, the paintings for me are heroic images which invite close scrutiny as well as direct confrontation.”
ProvenanceThe artist; with Katie Block Fine Art, Boston; to MFA, Boston, 1995
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
