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Scarecrow with Yellow Background

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Bates, Maxwell
Scarecrow with Yellow Background

date
 1968

medium
 oil
support
  canvas
size
  76.1 x 56 cm

accession number
 89.29
collection
 Art Gallery of Greater Victori
additional credit
 Harold and Vera Mortimer-Lamb<
notes  
  • The ultimate scarecrow, a frequent Bates theme (see his writing: "Meaning of Scarecrow").
  • Bates uses strong red, white and blue rectangular patches to suggest a quilt-like adorned scarecrow with transformed cowboy hat.
  • Reverence to this humble scarecrow/crucifixion is suggested by the golden background that invokes a Middle Ages artwork or a Renaissance altarpiece.



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