Peter Saul is known for spiteful and morbid scenes that appeal to low culture and bad taste. But in the early 1960s he made a series of cartoon-like canvases of open fridges, each entitled Icebox. The paintings are innocent and humorous. In this particular Icebox pistols are fired at a yellow and pink fridge full of cans with – to judge from the labels – remarkable contents. And apparently Superman has also hidden in the fridge.
Specifications
| Title | Icebox |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 139,2 cm Width 127,9 cm Depth 3,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Peter Saul
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| Accession number | 3681 (MK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Gift Hans Sonnenberg, 2012 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 2012 |
| Creation date | in 1961 |
| Collector | Collector / Hans Sonnenberg |
| Internal exhibitions |
Meneer Delta, een galeriehouder en verzamelaar in het museum (2012) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object |
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