{"data":{"id":"59967","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":59967,"topgoose_id":23558,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":59967,"title":"American Totem","display_artist_text":"Norman Lewis","display_date":"1960","accession_number":"2018.141","dimensions":"Overall: 73 11/16 × 43 1/8 in. (187.2 × 109.5 cm)","medium":"Oil on canvas","department":"collection","classification":"Paintings","credit_line":"Purchase, with funds from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund in memory of Preston Robert and Joan Tisch, the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Director’s Discretionary Fund, Adolph Gottlieb, by exchange, and Sami and Hala Mnaymneh","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":null,"publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Lewis, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Totem\u003c/em\u003e, 1960. Oil on canvas, overall: 73 11/16 × 43 1/8 in. (187.2 × 109.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund in memory of Preston Robert and Joan Tisch, the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Director’s Discretionary Fund, Adolph Gottlieb, by exchange, and Sami and Hala Mnaymneh 2018.141. © Norman Lewis, courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC.\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":null,"ai_alt_text":"A vertical stack of white, abstract faces and figures with a small triangular hat against black.","alt_text":"Against a black background, chalky organic shapes stack to form a totem-like structure.","visual_description":null,"on_view":true,"created_at":"2019-03-29T01:01:06.679-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:02:04.719-05:00","images":[{"id":116645,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/59967/2018_141_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"3542","type":"artist"}]}}}}