In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Pinto created this work using an ancient technique called reverse glass painting. The scene captures a destroyed home in the aftermath of an explosion. Among the scattered remnants of daily life are a framed portrait, a lone boot, and a mirrored hall tree that reflects a bathtub, inexplicably filled with water. A black cat stands entranced by two goldfish, possibly a reference to the work of Henri Matisse. Pinto painted this during World War II, which saw an unprecedented civilian death toll with millions of homes destroyed through strategic bombing.
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Félix Vallotton — The Church of Souain
Hughie Lee-Smith|WPA — Futility
Charles Henry Alston|WPA — Deserted House
Maxime Lalanne (French, 1827–1886) — Demolition for the Open
Charles Henry Alston|WPA — Barn and Broken Down Silo
Isobel Bates — Corner
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967) — Church Bells Ring
Minnetta Good|WPA — Columbia Heights, Brooklyn
John Atherton — Rocks and Weeds
Daniel Koerner — Farm in Moonlight
Giorgio de Chirico — The Mysterious Swan
Thomas Flavell — Composition of a House
