Napoleon Standing Next to Chair / Larry Rivers
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.135
- Title
- Napoleon Standing Next to Chair
- Artist
- Larry Rivers
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1923 - 2002
- Medium and Support
- patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Inscription
- Verso, inscribed in red paint, l.r.: 70.16
- Dimensions
- 172.7 cm x 147.3 cm (68 in. x 58 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- Sketch of a standing male figure outlined in dark blue spray paint to the left of a color rendering of the same male figure outlined in light blue standing next to a chair. The name “DAVID” stenciled at bottom left of center. Composed of various materials, including patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas.
- Subject Matter
- “Napoleon Standing Next to a Chair” is a re-working of Rivers’ 1964 piece “The Greatest Homosexual,” which was based on Jacques-Louis David’s 1812 “Napoleon in His Study,” and executed using the artist’s signature gestural handling of the figure and characteristic silhouettes. The reinterpretation is both an homage to and a parody of David’s Old Master painting, exposing self-important state portraiture as kitschy political propaganda.
- Primary Keywords
- appliquè
- appropriation
- chairs
- figures
- history paintings
- males
- napoleon
- neo-dada
- pop art
- portraits
- postmodern
- standing
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- emperor
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 907 x 1143
- File Size
- 90 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.135
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.135/1997_1.135.jpg
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"Napoleon Standing Next to Chair; Larry Rivers." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.135/1997_1.135.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
