Gerald McLaughlin

The Empress

1956

A dense, surreal assemblage of carved faces and mechanical figures intertwined in a dark, textured composition.
A dense, surreal assemblage of carved faces and mechanical figures intertwined in a dark, textured composition.

Gerald McLaughlin, The Empress, 1956. Oil on composition board, overall: 48 × 81 7/8 in. (121.9 × 208 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 57.19

Recto

Not on view

Date
1956

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 81 7/8 in. (121.9 × 208 cm)

Accession number
57.19

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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