Gregory Gillespie

Our Sacred Heart of the Way
1965

A dark, atmospheric painting depicting a narrow, concrete tunnel with a red ceiling leading into the distance. A solitary figure stands in the foreground, facing away from the viewer, while a faded image of a face is painted on the right wall. The ground appears wet and reflects the grim surroundings, with a few bright red, blood-like splotches near the figure, adding a sense of foreboding to the scene.
A dark, atmospheric painting depicting a narrow, concrete tunnel with a red ceiling leading into the distance. A solitary figure stands in the foreground, facing away from the viewer, while a faded image of a face is painted on the right wall. The ground appears wet and reflects the grim surroundings, with a few bright red, blood-like splotches near the figure, adding a sense of foreboding to the scene.

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Date
1965

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil, synthetic medium, gesso, found paper, plexiglass, crayon, oil stick, and graphite on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 67 7/8 × 78 × 3 3/4in. (172.4 × 198.1 × 9.5 cm)

Accession number
68.37

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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