Al Held

Untitled (Life magazine)
1959

A textured collage featuring a variety of layered elements including newspaper clippings, torn pages, and painted stripes in black and red. The materials show signs of wear and aging, with some text and images partially visible, such as a date stamp reading "MAY 19, 1958 25 CEN". The overall composition has a rough, abstract quality with a rich patina.
A textured collage featuring a variety of layered elements including newspaper clippings, torn pages, and painted stripes in black and red. The materials show signs of wear and aging, with some text and images partially visible, such as a date stamp reading "MAY 19, 1958 25 CEN". The overall composition has a rough, abstract quality with a rich patina.

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Date
1959

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil, ink and printed paper collage on Life magazine

Dimensions
Book (irregular): 14 × 11 3/4 × 1 1/16in. (35.6 × 29.8 × 2.7 cm) Sheet (each approximate, irregular): 14 × 11 3/4in. (35.6 × 29.8 cm)

Accession number
2006.7

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Al Held Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/26073

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