People’s Meeting
People’s Meeting
Artist
Charles Keller
(1914 - 1978)
Date1943
MediumColor screenprint
DimensionsOther (image): 11 7/8 × 17 3/4 in. (30.2 × 45.1 cm)
Framed: 19 1/4 × 25 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (48.9 × 63.8 × 2.9 cm)
Framed: 19 1/4 × 25 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (48.9 × 63.8 × 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2012.222
Signedl.r. in yellow skirt: Charles Keller 1943
Accession number
2012.222
On View
Not on viewLabel TextCharles Keller, a self-proclaimed skeptic of patriotism, used color to alter the US flag in People’s Meeting. His yellow layer of ink, most noticeable in the dress, suggests ripples in the fabric of the starless flag. While the scene appears mundane, Keller was acutely aware of the need for civil organization in the US during World War II.
Charles Keller, un autoproclamado escéptico del patriotismo, utilizó el color para alterar la bandera estadounidense en Reunión del pueblo. Su capa de tinta amarilla, más perceptible en el vestido, sugiere ondulaciones en el tejido de la bandera sin estrellas. Aunque la escena parece mundana, Keller era sumamente consciente de la necesidad de organización civil en Estados Unidos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Inscribedl.l.: 17/20
l.c.: "People's Meeting"
