Artwork Details
Artist
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Dimensions
44 x 35 in. (canvas) 52-3/4 x 44 in. (framed)
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Purchased with funds from Mrs. John M. Judah, Newton Booth Tarkington, Clarence Wulsin, Stoughton Fletcher, an Anonymous Donor, and the John Herron Fund
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Gallery Labels
The elusive qualities of sunshine and breezes are captured in Calypso’s flowing classical garb, the billowy clouds and brilliantly colored flowers.
In Greek mythology Calypso was the sea nymph who saved Odysseus from a shipwreck.
Hitchcock worked in Holland and became one of America’s leading expatriate painters.
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