Billy Al Bengston

Kirk
1961

A patterned image showing a large checkerboard design in black and beige. In the center, there is a square with a concentric pattern, featuring a smaller square turned at a 45-degree angle, creating a diamond shape with a series of beige and black chevron stripes inside.

A patterned image showing a large checkerboard design in black and beige. In the center, there is a square with a concentric pattern, featuring a smaller square turned at a 45-degree angle, creating a diamond shape with a series of beige and black chevron stripes inside.

Not on view

Date
1961

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Enamel and oil on composition board, with wood frame

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/4 × 23 3/8 × 1 3/4in. (61.6 × 59.4 × 4.4 cm)

Accession number
72.153a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of John Coplans

Rights and reproductions
© Billy Al Bengston

API
artworks/1204

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Billy Al Bengston
3 works in the collection

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