Don Eddy's image of three entwined poppies placed in the ruins of a house of Faith arises from his conceit that faith flowers in the ruins of current expectations, and it grows out of that which we find most dependable. The arches are suggestive of windows into the soul. The poppy is, itself, a symbol of consolation, and the three flowers represent the triad of virtues.
Don Eddy | Krishna's Gate | 1995 | Seavest Collection
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Don Eddy, Krishna's Gate, 1995
Acrylic on Canvas (in four panels), 65 x 66 in. (165.1 x 167.6 cm)
Provenance:
Nancy Hoffman Gallery
Exhibitions:
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton. "Truth in Beauty/Beauty in Truth: Contemporary Realism from the Seavest Collection," November 11, 1999 - January 2, 2000.
Bibliography:
Donald Kuspit, Don Eddy: The Art of Paradox (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2002), Page 117
Louis Meisel with Linda Chase, Photorealism at the Millenium (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002), Page 93; Plate 224
Don Eddy | Silver Shoes | 1972 | Seavest Collection
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Don Eddy, Silver Shoes, 1972
Acrylic on Canvas, 40 3/8 x 40 1/2 in. (102.5 x 102.9 cm)
Provenance:
Nancy Hoffman Gallery
Exhibitions:
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor. "In Sharp Focus: Super Realism," April-July 1991.
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham. "Don Eddy: From Logic to Mystery," February 4, 2000- May 21, 2000, Boca Raton Museum of Art July 26, 2000-September 10, 2000
New Orleans Contemporary Art Center October 7, 2000-December 3, 2000.
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase. "Facing Reality: Contemporary Realism from the Seavest Collection," September 14, 2003- February 14, 2004.
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. "Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970's," March 7 - May 10, 2009.
Kunsthalle, Emden. "The American Dream: American Realism 1945 - 2016," November 2017 - May 2018
Bibliography:
In Sharp Focus: Super Realism (Roslyn: Nassau County Museum of Art, 1991), Page 42.
Amei Wallach, Don Eddy: From Logic to Mystery (Durham: Duke University Museum of Art, 2000), Page 23: Plate 11 (Also on back cover)
Donald Kuspit, Don Eddy: The Art of Paradox (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2002), Page 105
Louis K. Meisel, Photorealism (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980), Page 191; Plate 377
Richard Segal, Monica Segal, DeDe Young, Jared Pruzan, Contemporary Realism: The Seavest Collection (Portland: Collector's Press, 2007), Page 61
Valerie L. Hillings, Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970's
(New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2009).
Virginia A. Bonito, Don Eddy: The Resonance of Realism in the Art of Post War America