Blurred charcoal portrait of a woman's head and shoulders emerging from a dark background.

Ellen Phelan

Blond White Woman #2

1991

Not on view

30 works in the collection
3 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/11250

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/16 × 20 7/8 in. (51.3 × 53 cm)

Accession number
97.20.2

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

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

API
artworks/11250

Part of a series:
Blond White Woman
9 works

Soft, blurred painting of a woman's head and shoulders with paint drips below.
A hazy, dark portrait of a woman's head and shoulders with indistinct facial features.
Blurred portrait of a woman with long hair and bare shoulders in muted grays and blues.
A soft, blurred portrait of a woman's face painted against a bright yellow background.
A loose watercolor portrait of a woman with long hair and blue eyes against a blank background.
A softly blurred portrait of a woman with long hair against a blue watercolor background.
Watercolor portrait of a woman with long pale hair and a calm expression.
A softly blurred charcoal portrait of a woman with closed eyes and bowed head.
A watercolor portrait of a woman with long hair and soft, dripping brown tones.

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