David Bates

Red Studio Chair
1994

Illustration of a stylized man in a white shirt with red accents, holding a rolled-up newspaper or document. He stands in front of an abstract background featuring a framed painting of fish, patterned flooring, and a potted plant. The artwork has a collage-like appearance with bold colors and black outlines, signed "Bates '94" at the bottom right.
Illustration of a stylized man in a white shirt with red accents, holding a rolled-up newspaper or document. He stands in front of an abstract background featuring a framed painting of fish, patterned flooring, and a potted plant. The artwork has a collage-like appearance with bold colors and black outlines, signed "Bates '94" at the bottom right.

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Date
1994

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic, collage and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/4in. (76 × 56.5 cm) Image (irregular): 23 11/16 × 15 1/2in. (60.2 × 39.4 cm)

Accession number
2008.62

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Altria Group, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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David Bates
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