Mail Boxes
1935
Kenneth Callahan
American, born 1905, Spokane, Washington; died 1986, Seattle, Washington
Callahan believed that art should reflect the totality of the human experience in nature. He designed his works to embody, as he put it, “a holistic vision of cosmic unity” and a deep connection to the cycles of life. His philosophy applies as much to his well-known abstractions as it does to his earlier, more realistic scenes of the Pacific Northwest, such as this view of a humble cluster of mailboxes, energized by the atmospheric swirl of the muted light and landscape that surround them.
Oil on canvas
32 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (83.2 x 68 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
35.91