Jay DeFeo

Death Wish
1958

A vertical abstract drawing featuring dynamic black lines that create a sweeping motion across a beige background with visible paper texture and a few spots of discoloration.

A vertical abstract drawing featuring dynamic black lines that create a sweeping motion across a beige background with visible paper texture and a few spots of discoloration.

Not on view

Date
1958

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil, graphite pencil, and charcoal on paper and canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 87 3/4 × 42 1/4in. (222.9 × 107.3 cm)

Accession number
96.242.2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Lannan Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/11065

Exhibitions

Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective

Feb 28–June 2, 2013

Jay DeFeo
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