William T. Wiley

Shark's Dream
1967

A surreal painting titled "Shark's Dream" featuring a stylized, elongated structure resembling a bench with a shark fin protruding from a hole in the middle. In the background, a speech bubble contains a simple drawing of a bench, suggesting the shark is dreaming of it. The color palette is muted with shades of blue and gray.

A surreal painting titled "Shark's Dream" featuring a stylized, elongated structure resembling a bench with a shark fin protruding from a hole in the middle. In the background, a speech bubble contains a simple drawing of a bench, suggesting the shark is dreaming of it. The color palette is muted with shades of blue and gray.

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Date
1967

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic and graphite pencil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 74 1/8 × 83 13/16in. (188.3 × 212.9 cm)

Accession number
68.17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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William T. Wiley
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