Alan Shields

Little Blue Ferry (Bay-Belly)
1968–1969

A tall, vertical abstract painting featuring a gradient of warm colors from red to green with a pattern of thin, multicolored square outlines distributed across the canvas.
A tall, vertical abstract painting featuring a gradient of warm colors from red to green with a pattern of thin, multicolored square outlines distributed across the canvas.

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Date
1968–1969

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic, cotton thread, and twill tape on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 127 1/2 × 57 7/8in. (323.9 × 147 cm)

Accession number
69.45

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Alan Shields
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