Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–1971. Acrylic and feathers on canvas, overall (irregular): 93 1/2 × 94 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (237.5 × 239.4 × 19.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award 72.21
Not on view
Date
1970–1971
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Acrylic and feathers on canvas
Dimensions
Overall (irregular): 93 1/2 × 94 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (237.5 × 239.4 × 19.7 cm)
Accession number
72.21
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award
Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate
Installation photography
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Installation view of Sixties Surreal (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 24, 2025–January 19, 2026). From left to right: Oscar Howe, Retreat, 1968; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–71. Artworks © Oscar Howe Family; © Carlos Villa Art Estate. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art
From the exhibition Sixties Surreal
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Installation view of Sixties Surreal (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 24, 2025–January 19, 2026). From left to right: Luis Jimenez, Blond TV Image, 1967; Lee Friedlander, Nashville, 1963; Lee Friedlander, Galax, Virginia, 1962; Lee Friedlander, Florida, 1963; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–71; Edward Owens, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, 1968–70. Artworks © 2025 Luis Jimenez / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; © Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Luhring Augustine, New York; © Carlos Villa Art Estate; © The New American Cinema Group, Inc./The Film-Makers' Cooperative. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art
From the exhibition Sixties Surreal
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Installation view of Sixties Surreal (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 24, 2025–January 19, 2026). From left: Wally Hedrick, HERMETIC IMAGE, 1961; Betye Saar, Ten Mojo Secrets, 1972; Eduardo Carrillo, Testament of the Holy Spirit, 1971; Jack Whitten, Christ, 1964; Claes Oldenburg, Drainpipe, 1966; Nancy Graves, Camel VI, Camel VII and Camel VIII, 1968–69; Claes Oldenburg, Soft Toilet, 1966; Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley, SCHMEERGUNTZ, 1965; Oscar Howe, Retreat, 1968; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–71. © Whitney Museum of American Art, photograph by Ron Amstutz; © Wally Hedrick; © Betye Saar; © The Estate of Eduardo Carrillo; © Jack Whitten Estate, courtesy Jack Whitten Estate and Hauser & Wirth; © Claes Oldenburg; © Nancy Graves Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Courtesy Filmform and the artists
From the exhibition Sixties Surreal