Philip Taaffe

Pteris Viscosa

1997

Several overlapping green fern fronds arranged in a triangular pattern on a white background.
Several overlapping green fern fronds arranged in a triangular pattern on a white background.

Philip Taaffe, Pteris Viscosa, 1997. Oil on paper, sheet: 50 1/16 × 37 5/16 in. (127.2 × 94.8 cm) Image (Irregular): 45 × 27 in. (114.3 × 68.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 98.21.8

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Date
1997

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 50 1/16 × 37 5/16 in. (127.2 × 94.8 cm) Image (Irregular): 45 × 27 in. (114.3 × 68.6 cm)

Accession number
98.21.8

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/11721



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