Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Folk Art: Folk Sculpture: Altar Piece
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Altar Piece about 1970s-1980s "Prophet" Royal Robertson wood, paint, glitter, paper, and metal 49 x 22 x 12 in. (124.5 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.80 |
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After his wife left him, Royal Robertson created countless drawings of women as prostitutes and temptresses. His fantasy world also included spaceships, futuristic cities, and superheroes. In this piece he painted an intimidating, Amazon-like figure with revealing clothes and exaggerated proportions. By placing this alluring image on an altarpiece, Robertson expressed his belief that men are too easily bewitched by women. |
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