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Artwork of the Week: A Corner Window in a Pawn Shop

 A Corner Window in a Pawn Shop

The smells of old paper, curtains, and metals envelop you as you peek into the neighborhood pawn shop. Treasures of past lives line the shelves as you aimlessly wander between the aisles. A bright burst of sun catches your eye, so you pursue the source until finding yourself in the very back corner of the shop. The pearlescent shell gleams brightly as you take in the surrounding objects.

Rose Hartwell gives us the tools to create our own story of the treasures found in A Corner Window in a Pawn Shop (1893). While contemporary artists focused on high-society life, Hartwell displays an assemblage of seemingly random objects. This casual approach to art allows the audience to choose the most intriguing object for themselves and give it personal value, much like their experience would be in an actual pawn shop.

Past Artworks of the Week

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Artwork of the Week: The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam

September 25, 2023
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Artwork of the Week: Lazy Autumn

September 18, 2023
In 1939, Dixon and his wife built a home in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Here they admired the natural landscape of the area until his death in 1946. This quintessentially Utahn scene portrays Native Americans as part of the natural landscape.
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Artwork of the Week: Sunset, Hudson River

September 11, 2023
As we anticipate the transition from the blistering of summer heat to the crispness of fall, let us celebrate a painting in which the sun itself retreats into the autumn leaves.
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