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Maker(s):Sharrer, Honore
Culture:American (1920-2009)
Title:Meat
Date Made:1975-78
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Measurements:Overall: 56 in x 62 in x 1 1/4 in; 142.2 cm x 157.5 cm x 3.2 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2019.55
Credit Line:Purchased with a gift from Judith Plesser Targan, class of 1953, and the Dorothy C. Miller, class of 1925, Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
figurative painting primarily in red and pink of a large piece of meat displayed vertically in the center left of the painting against a pink background; a portrait of Christ is visible in the upper left; a child's torso is in the upper right, their gaze looking towards the meat; in front of the child is an unfolded piece of paper on which rest two shrimp, one fly, and one clam; behind the child are a meat saw, knife sharpener, scissors, and trussed chiken; in the foreground are a bouquet of pink, red and white flowers in a white vase and a white plate with a slight shadow. An unlit match, two crumpled cigarette butts, two whole lemons and one half lemon also appear on the pink expanse.

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