Sam Messer

No Straight Lines Out There
1991

An expressive, thickly painted portrait of an elderly man with wild white hair, seated in a bright yellow chair. The background and foreground feature bold red and green brushstrokes, giving the impression of a vibrant, abstract garden.

An expressive, thickly painted portrait of an elderly man with wild white hair, seated in a bright yellow chair. The background and foreground feature bold red and green brushstrokes, giving the impression of a vibrant, abstract garden.

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Date
1991

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on plywood

Dimensions
Overall: 36 1/8 × 28 1/8in. (91.8 × 71.4 cm)

Accession number
97.25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Charlene Engelhard

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Sam Messer
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