Alfonso Ossorio

Scavenger's Heart
1944

A vividly colored, surreal artwork depicting a profile view of a person with exaggerated facial features, wearing a patterned bandana. The individual appears to be blowing into a heart-shaped object with multiple circular openings, resembling a musical instrument. The background is filled with abstract shapes, organic forms, and fragmented buildings, contributing to the dreamlike atmosphere of the scene.
A vividly colored, surreal artwork depicting a profile view of a person with exaggerated facial features, wearing a patterned bandana. The individual appears to be blowing into a heart-shaped object with multiple circular openings, resembling a musical instrument. The background is filled with abstract shapes, organic forms, and fragmented buildings, contributing to the dreamlike atmosphere of the scene.

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Date
1944

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 20 1/16in. (35.7 × 51 cm) Mount (board): 21 5/16 × 27 5/16 × 5/8in. (54.1 × 69.4 × 1.6 cm)

Accession number
69.152

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Alfonso Ossorio
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