Paul Cadmus
1928
Luigi Lucioni
American, born Italy, 1900-1988
American Art
Luigi Lucioni and Paul Cadmus probably met as students, and they doubtless shared acquaintances within New York’s circles of gay artists and writers. Lucioni’s likeness of Cadmus celebrated the shared passion of two young moderns for the ideal forms of Italian Renaissance art, particularly the paintings of Piero della Francesca. Within a modern close-up format, he captured a gaze that is at once tentative and mesmerizing.
- Maker/Artist
- Lucioni, Luigi
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 16 x 12 1/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 cm) Frame: 20 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 2 in. (51.8 x 41.9 x 5.1 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 2007.28
- Credit Line
- Dick S. Ramsay Fund
- Exhibitions
- Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties, Diverse Works: Director's Choice, 1997-2015, American Identities: A New Look, American Art
- Rights Statement
- Orphaned work
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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