Jacob and the Angel

1950

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names
Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

This is a painting of two interlocking figures with an angelic presence amidst a dynamic background. The composition features two stylized human forms, one with wings, engaged in an intimate and intertwined pose. The figures are expressed with bold, exaggerated musculature, and are rendered in shades of yellow with black outlines. The background is filled with abstract forms and lines. The use of contrasting colors and expressive forms gives the painting an intense quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and yellow [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.198

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine/Looney 1986, no. 289, State (trial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

  • Fine, Ruth and Robert F. Looney. The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1986.

Wikidata ID

Q65221334

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