John Day

"... and I lie alone", Erebos: Sappho Series #VI

1966

Large textured wall covered with faded human figures and faces beside a doorway opening to blue sky.
Large textured wall covered with faded human figures and faces beside a doorway opening to blue sky.

John Day, "... and I lie alone", Erebos: Sappho Series #VI, 1966. Collaged paper, oil, and acrylic on linen, overall: 43 1/2 × 59 1/8 in. (110.5 × 150.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 66.77

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Date
1966

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Collaged paper, oil, and acrylic on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 43 1/2 × 59 1/8 in. (110.5 × 150.2 cm)

Accession number
66.77

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1580



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