File:Don Eddy New Shoes for H 1973.jpg

Painting by Don Eddy, New Shoes for H (acrylic on canvas, 44" x 48", 1973, Cleveland Museum of Art collection). The image illustrates an early stage and body of work in Don Eddy's career in the 1970s, when he focused largely formal paintings exploring the nature of space in painting through imagery such as automobile sections and storefront window displays—in this case, a shoe store. In works such as this, and others of kitchenware displays, Eddy created more chaotic compositions that dissolved the corporeality and decipherability of his earlier work, fragmenting the space and imagery into a Cubist-like clash of recognizable forms, hard-edged shapes, light and cityscape. This work and similar works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues in the U.S. and internationally, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Don Eddy. Copyright held by the artist.

Don Eddy

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an early stage and body of work in Don Eddy's career in the 1970s: his largely formal cycles of paintings exploring the nature of space in painting in the context of recognizable, accessible imagery such as automobile sections and storefront window displays. In the window paintings—initially car showrooms, and later, kitchenware and shoe storefronts yielding more chaotic compositions—Eddy dissolved the corporeality and decipherability of his images. The window surfaces (both transparent and reflective) enabled him to focus simultaneously on two planes, something impossible in normal vision, creating a Cubist-like clash of recognizable forms, hard-edged shapes, light and cityscape. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key, developmental phase in his art, which attracted exhibition selections in major traveling shows, national reviews, and museum acquisitions. Eddy's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Don Eddy, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.