Modern · Smithsonian American Art Museum · saam_1968.30
Sanctuary of Dreams
Robert P. Baker, ca. 1919
Smithsonian American Art Museum · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bryant Baker · CC0 · Public domain
- Artist
- Robert P. Baker
- Date
- ca. 1919
- Medium
- bronze on marble base
- Dimensions
- 19 1/2 x 10 x 11 3/4 in. (49.4 x 25.4 x 29.7 cm.)
- Era
- Modern
Why it matters
Robert Baker created dramatic sculptures of the human form. In Sanctuary of Dreams, possibly his most notable piece, a nude female figure emerges from an amorphous mass, her obscured face heightening the sense of movement and mystery. As with the other pieces he created, Baker left it up to the viewer's imagination to create meaning of this work.