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Jay DeFeo

The Rose

1958–66

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Jay DeFeo, The Rose, 1958–66  95.170  
Jay DeFeo, The Rose, 1958–66. Oil with wood and mica on canvas, 128 7/8 × 92 1/4 × 11 in. (327.3 × 234.3 × 27.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Jay DeFeo and purchase with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee and the Judith Rothschild Foundation  95.170  On view in the museum For Teachers
© 2009 The Jay DeFeo Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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