Terminal 2
Departure Lobby - Level 2 - Pre-Security
Metamorphosis 1961
Hassel Smith
b. 1915
/ 2007
Oil on canvas
H68 in. x W68 in.
SFAC 10
A leading proponent of abstract expressionism in the Bay Area, Hassel Smith’s paintings in the 1950s and 1960s were influenced by the artist’s love of jazz and dancing, which he translated on canvas into bold, energetic and gestural forms.