Red Sunday Morning
Artist
Michael Goldberg
(American, 1924 - 2007)
CultureAmerican
Date1955-1956
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 79 5/8 x 114 1/8 in. (202.2 x 289.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2237
Not on view
Label TextMichael Goldberg
American, 1924–2007
Red Sunday Morning, 1955-1956
Oil on canvas
Michael Goldberg’s painting recalls a breakfast he shared with fellow artist Joan Mitchell. As he said, “Everything seemed red and I remember being fascinated by the yellow in the eggs.” This lucid, everyday memory gives rise to Goldberg’s energetic scene. While the artist animates the two figures with busy, slashing brushstrokes, a large plate of sunny-side-up eggs, seen at center, seems to call this vibrant world to order.
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2237
Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976.
"Action Paintings," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 17, 2009 - May 23, 2010.
