The Heritage I

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The Heritage I

1995

Luc Tuymans (Belgian, born 1958)

Fascinated by the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, Tuymans created a group of paintings that address American symbols and history. This delicately painted image of a faceless man wearing a baseball cap and another wearing a hunting cap conveys an uncomfortably ambiguous mix of nostalgia and vulnerability.

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Object Details

Title:

The Heritage I

Date:

1995

Artist:

Luc Tuymans (Belgian, born 1958)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

57 × 31 5/16 inches (144.8 × 79.5 cm) Frame: 58 1/2 × 32 3/4 × 2 inches (148.6 × 83.2 × 5.1 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds from the gift (by exchange) of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Goldberg and with funds contributed by the Committee on Twentieth-Century Art, 1996

Accession Number:

1996-168-1

Geography:

Made in Belgium, Europe

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