{"product_id":"grace-2009-oil-on-canvas-by-stacy-stewart-smith","title":"Grace, 2009 Oil on Canvas by Stacy Stewart Smith","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGrace, 2009\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrace\u003c\/em\u003e is a dream painting. The subject — a Black male figure in underclothing — balances on a section of the Eiffel Tower against a cloudy blue sky, suspended between the physical world and something beyond it. The feeling is not falling. It is floating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStacy Stewart Smith works in a combination of illustrative precision and Impressionist gesture, using pure daubs of paint to hold the figure in tension with the suggested landscape around him — neither fully grounded nor fully gone. The sky is not a backdrop. It is a destination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work belongs to a group of approximately six paintings created during the period when Smith was developing his Abstractrealism style — works that placed human subjects in states of suspension, dream, and spiritual transit. \u003cem\u003eGrace\u003c\/em\u003e is the smaller, more intimate companion to \u003cem\u003eDreamer\u003c\/em\u003e, 2004, sharing its subject matter but operating at a more personal scale. It is one of the clearest early expressions of the Abstractrealist vocabulary: the figure rendered with illustrative specificity, the world around him dissolving into paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated during the Abstractrealism development period, circa 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of a series of approximately six works featuring human subjects in states of suspension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelated work: \u003cem\u003eDreamer\u003c\/em\u003e, 2004, by Stacy Stewart Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMedium \u0026amp; Dimensions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24\" × 34\" × 1.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame: painted wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear: 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by the artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAcquisition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an original, one-of-a-kind work. Certificate of authenticity included. Ships with care from New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stacy Stewart Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59707574026321,"sku":"SSS-GOOCPAINTING-OIL-ORIG","price":13000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/9311\/7009\/files\/0.Grace.jpg?v=1782341162","url":"https:\/\/stacystewartsmith.com\/fr\/products\/grace-2009-oil-on-canvas-by-stacy-stewart-smith","provider":"Stacy Stewart Smith","version":"1.0","type":"link"}