Ellen Phelan

Blond White Woman #1
1991

A blurred portrait of a person on a beige background with streaks of paint dripping down.

A blurred portrait of a person on a beige background with streaks of paint dripping down.

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Date
1991

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 20in. (55.2 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
97.20.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/11249

Part of a series:

Blond White Woman

10 works

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Ellen Phelan
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