Jay DeFeo

Untitled (Portrait of Wallace Berman)
1974

A monochromatic painting featuring an abstract representation of a face with prominent white brush strokes on a black background, creating a stark contrast. The facial features are loosely defined, with emphasis on the eyes and mouth, conveying a sense of raw emotion or expressionism.

A monochromatic painting featuring an abstract representation of a face with prominent white brush strokes on a black background, creating a stark contrast. The facial features are loosely defined, with emphasis on the eyes and mouth, conveying a sense of raw emotion or expressionism.

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Date
1974

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic and pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 7/8 × 12in. (45.4 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
96.242.4

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

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Jay DeFeo
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