Toy Pieta
Artist
Scott Avett
American, born 1976
Date2018
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions106 × 65 in. (269.2 × 165.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art
Object number2019.26
On View
On viewDerek Palacio, "YES (for Scott Avett's Toy Pieta)" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 184.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Scott Avett: INVISIBLE,” October 12, 2019–February 2, 2020.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “To Be Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary,” April 3, 2021–February 6, 2022.
Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, "Scott Avett: After the Fact," October 7, 2022, to January 21, 2023.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," November 27, 2023-present.
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