Raymond Pettibon

No Title (Well, it was...)
2005

A colorful watercolor painting depicting a stylized pathway leading towards a radiant sunburst at the horizon, flanked by green trees under a sky with abstract cloud formations. Below the image, a caption reads, "WELL, IT WAS TRUE, IN A WAY—FOR THE MASSES." The artwork is presented on a white background with natural paper texture visible around the edges.

A colorful watercolor painting depicting a stylized pathway leading towards a radiant sunburst at the horizon, flanked by green trees under a sky with abstract cloud formations. Below the image, a caption reads, "WELL, IT WAS TRUE, IN A WAY—FOR THE MASSES." The artwork is presented on a white background with natural paper texture visible around the edges.

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Date
2005

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 15 × 10 3/4in. (38.1 × 27.3 cm) Image (sight): 15 × 10 3/4in. (38.1 × 27.3 cm)

Accession number
2019.336

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Melva Bucksbaum

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/26240

Exhibitions

Raymond Pettibon

Oct 8, 2005–Feb 19, 2006

Raymond Pettibon
54 works in the collection

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