Master Room (Hide a Bed)

Painting

-

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Name/Title

Master Room (Hide a Bed)

Entry/Object ID

416

Description

Scattered room objects and American consumer items with dollar signs and 'Hide-a-Bed' inscribed; objects include red bed and blue and white plaid chair

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Category

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

AR416

Source or Donor

Allan Frumkin Gallery

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Peter Saul

Date made

1961

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date

Location

Recto, lower left

Transcription

Saul '61

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

60 in

Width

77 in

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Far Out

Notes

August 2 - October 4, 2025, di Rosa SF

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum - Ongoing Salon

Notes

August 8, 2023 - July 23, 2025, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum: Redux

Notes

May 13, 2022 - February 26, 2023, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum: Vignettes from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

April 17, 2021- April 17, 2022, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Building A Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

March 9 - December 29, 2019, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Relax in Electric Chair: Peter Saul at di Rosa

Notes

March 4 - July 26, 2015, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Date

2016

Notes

Peter Saul reached to the cultural realm for inspiration in his narrative paintings. The early (Master Room) Hide-A-Bed (1961), featured on the cover of Art in America that same year, shows an arrangement of semi-cartoonish household objects, anticipating the late work of Philip Guston as well as the rumblings of Pop art. As Saul’s work developed, his style veered toward the grotesque, amplifying his often overtly political subject matter in surrealist, playful, provocative mash-ups.