Name/Title
Nude on Striped HammockEntry/Object ID
2025.09.01Description
In this piece, a model is laying nude on a red, green, and yellow striped hammock. The hammock is suspended but cropped at each end, and there are pale green shadows across the floor cast by three separate light sources, simulating daylight.Artwork Details
Subject Person
Pearlstein, PhillipContext
Many prints Pearlstein made during the 1960s to 1980s depicts this hammock. In an interview with Tate Britain, he said he "liked depicting models in hammocks because he loved the way lying in them seemed to turn the body into an object...They become suspended in a totally unnatural way." A common characteristic of Pearlstein's work seen in this print is the way he has scaled and cropped the image. The vantage point of this piece is very close to the model, which resulted in Pearlstein exaggerating the body parts closest to him. He often painted the figures slightly larger than real life, giving the figures a sense of power in the scene.Acquisition
Accession
2025.09Source or Donor
Estate of Loretta ThrumAcquisition Method
BequestCredit Line
Gift of the Estate of Lolli ThrumMade/Created
Artist
Pearlstein, PhillipLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
Contemporary Realism, Modern (style or period), figures (representations), visual works (works)Hierarchy Name
Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)Facet
Styles and Periods Facet, Objects FacetLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Nudes, Hammocks (Furniture), ShadowsDimensions
Height
29-3/4 inWidth
32 in