Portrait of Noel with Cloud at Clear Lake
Date1963
Label TextIn this early painting, Joan Brown depicts her young son with his toy penguin—a personal, mundane domestic scene that was a radical departure from the traditional lofty subject matter of Western painting
Object number83.264
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Freeing the Figure, November 5, 2009 - November 28, 2010.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present, September 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture, June 21 - September 2, 2024.Credit LineGift of Byron R. Meyer in honor of the museum's 50th year
Dimensions34 1/8 x 30 in. (86.68 x 76.2 cm)
MediumOil on canvas