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Irving NormanMan and Time1986
1986
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"Man and Time" is an American surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1986. The artwork is 58 x 30 inches and 59 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches with the frame, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed and dated verso on stretcher bar, "I. Norman 1986" and also inscribed verso on stretcher bar, "Dedicated to Mark Rothko".
Norman's surrealist paintings transport viewers into dystopian realms where human figures meld with machinery, creating haunting landscapes of industrialized chaos and existential reflection. The painting explores the relationship between humanity and the relentless march of time. The hourglass is symbolic to time's inevitable passing. It is a symbol of death, the end of time on Earth, but also a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings when turned over.
Provenance:
Private Collection
Literature:
Scott A. Shields & Ray Day, Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Sacramento, CA, 2006, pg. 215
- Creator:Irving Norman (1920, American, Lithuanian)
- Creation Year:1986
- Dimensions:Height: 58 in (147.32 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Palm Desert, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 460891stDibs: LU9314792152
Irving Norman
The Lithuanian-American artist Irving Norman was a social Surrealist who painted large-scale and highly detailed critiques of contemporary life with hopes that viewers would consider the consequences of their actions and change their behavior.
Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, Norman’s massive canvases feature armies of clone-like figures behaving in the clockwork manner in which they have been programmed. He moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1934 before helping to defend the Spanish Republic from the fascist Franco dictatorship.
Norman survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settled on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, where he began drawing and painting from the atrocities he had witnessed. In 1940, he moved to San Francisco and had a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art two years later. Norman then traveled to Mexico City and saw the murals of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros before moving to New York City to study at the Art Students League from 1946 to 1947. He returned to San Francisco in the late 1940s. In 1988, fire destroyed Norman’s home, studio, artwork and personal papers.
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(Biography provided by Heather James Fine Art)
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