Delivery
Amy Bennett
(American, born in 1977)
2019
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
DimensionsHeight x width: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Funds, 2020
Accession number2021.588
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionDelivery by Amy Bennett (American, born 1977) presents an scene of child birth in a hospital, an experience that is at once intimate yet sterile, commonplace yet extraordinary. This painting is part of a series of paintings, titled Nuclear Family, which show the experiences of everyday life of geographically and/or biologically connected nuclear suburban families. These include death and birth, sleep and childcare, and trips to the grocery store and hospital. What makes Delivery and Bennett’s practice overall unique is their intimacy and specificity as well as the very particular method that the artist uses to create them. Bennett uses small scale models of people, houses, and objects to create her meticulous small-scaled paintings.
Provenance2020, sold by the artist to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; 2021, gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)
