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The Bold Five

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I Saw the Figure Five in Gold by Charles Demuth, 1928, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The subject of this painting is the poet William Carlos Williams whose poem The Red Wheelbarrow is a favorite among literature students because it is short and sweet. Demuth created a series of abstract portraits of friends including Williams which he called Poster Portraits.

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    The endless five – like mirrors reflecting into each other – very interesting.

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    It is my understanding Demuth's "I saw the Figure 5 in Gold" was inspired by the William Carlos Williams' poem, "The Great Figure"Among the rainand lightsI saw the figure 5in goldon a redfire truckmovingtenseunheededto gong clangssiren howlsand wheels rumblingthrough the dark cityboth of which are favorites of mine. ~Anonymous

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    Demuth's "I saw the figure 5 in Gold, was inspired by William Carlos Williams' poem, "The Great Figure"Among the rainand lightsI saw the figure 5in goldon a redfire truckmovingtenseunheededto gong clangssiren howlsand wheels rumblingthrough the dark city

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