Sophomore Society

c. 1953

David Park

Associated Names
David Park

Painter, American, 1911 - 1960

This painting shows a crowded scene filled with people dancing. Several couples are visible, all facing different directions, their arms around each other. The people are painted with thick lines in bright colors, with skin in shades of tan, brown, pink, and red. On the left side is a couple wearing yellow, and on the right is a couple wearing bright green. In the back are two more couples, including one woman wearing a red dress and another wearing a white dress. The hair of the women is painted in thick swirls of brown, yellow, red, and green. The floor beneath the couples appears to be a checkerboard of red and yellow, while the wall behind them is made of vertical stripes of yellow and white.
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East Building Ground Level, Gallery E106


Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's widow, Lydia Park Moore, Santa Barbara; gift 26 January 1971 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965-1971.

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Cincinnati Art Museum; San Diego Museum of Art; University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Des Moines Art Center; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, 1981-1983, no. 64, repro.

1987

  • David Park, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 7 January - 28 February 1987.

1988

  • David Park, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Laguna Art Museum; Oakland Museum, 3 November 1988 - 6 August 1989, no. 12, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: David Park

Wikidata ID

Q46635987

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