Ellen Gallagher

Pinocchio Theory
1994

An aged piece of paper with artistic abstract drawing that resembles a cloud of black ink with two dense spots suggesting eyes, above a snake-like form with red detailing at one end, all set against a background of handwritten text and blue horizontal lines.

An aged piece of paper with artistic abstract drawing that resembles a cloud of black ink with two dense spots suggesting eyes, above a snake-like form with red detailing at one end, all set against a background of handwritten text and blue horizontal lines.

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Date
1994

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Charcoal, graphite pencil, oil, and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 19 1/2 × 18 5/8in. (49.5 × 47.3 cm)

Accession number
95.175

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Ellen Gallagher
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