Janet Compere

The Rising World of Waters Dark and Deep

1960–1961

A reclining abstract figure surrounded by curved organic shapes and sweeping lines.
A reclining abstract figure surrounded by curved organic shapes and sweeping lines.

Janet Compere, The Rising World of Waters Dark and Deep, 1960–1961. Pen and ink on paper, sheet: 23 × 34 15/16 in. (58.4 × 88.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award 62.23

Recto

Not on view

Date
1960–1961

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 × 34 15/16 in. (58.4 × 88.7 cm)

Accession number
62.23

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1516



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