Lightning
Artist
James Stovall Morris
(American, 1898 - 1973)
DateDecember 11, 1939
Mediumoil on canvasboard panel
DimensionsImage: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Support: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Frame: 20 13/16 × 24 15/16 × 3/4 in. (52.9 × 63.3 × 1.9 cm)
Frame (Display box): 24 1/16 × 21 × 2 1/4 in. (61.1 × 53.3 × 5.7 cm)
Support: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Frame: 20 13/16 × 24 15/16 × 3/4 in. (52.9 × 63.3 × 1.9 cm)
Frame (Display box): 24 1/16 × 21 × 2 1/4 in. (61.1 × 53.3 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number1480.23P
DescriptionOutdoor scene with gray adobe in center, 3 people in front, 1 woman holds salt, 1 woman makes the sign of the cross, another woman spreads palm leaves.Text Entries
Per
the artist: The painting depicts a Spanish ceremony to
frighten away lightning & thunder. The kneeling woman makes the sign of the
cross before the threshold, the other kneeling woman lays fallen leaves, over
the cross, while the third shakes salt on the ground.
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