Alfonso Ossorio

Number 14-1953
1953

A vibrant and chaotic abstract painting featuring a multitude of colors and shapes. The artwork is dense with overlapping brushstrokes, drips, and splatters in black, white, red, blue, and other hues, creating a sense of dynamic movement and intensity.
A vibrant and chaotic abstract painting featuring a multitude of colors and shapes. The artwork is dense with overlapping brushstrokes, drips, and splatters in black, white, red, blue, and other hues, creating a sense of dynamic movement and intensity.

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Date
1953

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ink and wax on board

Dimensions
Overall: 60 1/2 × 38 1/2 × 1 3/8in. (153.7 × 97.8 × 3.5 cm) Sheet: 60 × 38in. (152.4 × 96.5 cm)

Accession number
55.8

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
Reproduced with the permission of The Ossorio Foundation, Sally Vanasse and Nicole A. Vanasse

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Alfonso Ossorio
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