Fourth of July Still Life

Audrey Flack
"Fourth of July Still Life", 1975
Mixed media on paper
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of the Las Vegas Art Museum, 2021; Gift of Lorillard, 1976.
2021.08.007

Image description:
A glossy framed photograph of objects arranged on a mirrored surface. Many of the objects relate to the United States. There is a portrait of George Washington, an upstanding statue of an eagle, a model of the Liberty Bell, and a white cup decorated with blue and white stars spilling out a collection of shiny red balls. A bugle, a red tube, and a roll of red, white, and blue crepe ribbon, are positioned over an American flag that falls into the left side of the photograph. The colors are bright to the point of being oversaturated and the vividly gleaming highlights suggest that these objects have been chosen for their shininess as well as for their patriotic overtones (written by Andrea Noonoo).