Work Record with Description [Figure 40]

Work Record
Class [controlled]	paintings • American art
Work Type [link]*	painting
*Title	The Figure 5 in Gold \| Title Type: preferred Title: Five in Gold \| Title Type: alternate
*Creator display	Charles Demuth (American, 1883-1935) Role [link]: painter \| [link]*: Demuth, Charles
*Creation Date	1928 \| [controlled]: Earliest: 1928; Latest: 1928
*Subjects [links to authorities]	portrait • William Carlos Williams (American poet, 1883-1963) • Williams, William Carlos • "The Great Figure" (poem) • industry • fire • fire engine
*Current Location [link]	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York; New York, United States) \| ID:49.59.1
*Measurements	90.2 x 76.2 cm (35 1/2 x 30 inches) [controlled]: Value: 90.2; Unit: cm; Type: height \| Value: 76.2; Unit: cm; Type: width
*Materials and Techniques	oil on cardboard Material [link]: oil paint • cardboard
Style [link] :	Futurist • Cubist
Description	In the 1920s Demuth produced a series of poster-portraits honoring his contemporaries, inspired by Gertrude Stein's word-portraits. This painting pays homage to a poem by William Carlos Williams, "The Great Figure." This portrait consists not of a physical likeness of the poet, but of images associated with him, the poet's initials, and the names "Bill" and "Carlos." Williams' poem describes the experience of seeing a red fire engine with the number 5 painted on it racing through the city streets.
Description Source [link]	Metropolitan Museum of Art online. http://www.metmuseum.org (accessed February 1, 2005).

CREDIT: The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928;
Charles Demuth (American, 1883-1935);
Oil on cardboard; H. 35-1/2, W. 30 in.
(90.2 x 76.2 cm); The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection,
1949 (49.59.1); Photograph © 1986 The
Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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