The Figure Five in Gold

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The Figure Five in Gold

1928

by Charles Demuth

Oil on composition board 36 x 29 3/4 in. (91.4 x 75.6 cm) Inspired by the following poem by William Carlos Williams: The Great Figure Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red fire truck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city