Bob Thompson

An Allegory
1964

A vibrant painting depicting a horse-drawn carriage with two blue horses on a brown path. In the carriage, there are four colorful, stylized human figures: one in red, one in orange, one in yellow, and one in green. Behind them, a landscape with green hills, blue water with islands, and a sky with swirling clouds in shades of pink, yellow, and blue. On the left, a large white bird-like figure overlooks the scene. The artwork has a dreamlike, primitive quality.

A vibrant painting depicting a horse-drawn carriage with two blue horses on a brown path. In the carriage, there are four colorful, stylized human figures: one in red, one in orange, one in yellow, and one in green. Behind them, a landscape with green hills, blue water with islands, and a sky with swirling clouds in shades of pink, yellow, and blue. On the left, a large white bird-like figure overlooks the scene. The artwork has a dreamlike, primitive quality.

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Date
1964

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 48in. (121.9 × 121.9 cm)

Accession number
72.137

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Thomas Bellinger

Rights and reproductions
© Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

API
artworks/3044

Exhibitions

Shaping a Collection: Five Decades of Gifts

July 17–Oct 19, 2014

Bob Thompson
3 works in the collection

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