James Drake

Tongue-Cut Sparrows VI
1996

A monochromatic artwork depicting an abstract and stylized representation of a human face with prominent features such as eyes and mouth, executed with expressive brush strokes and shading.
A monochromatic artwork depicting an abstract and stylized representation of a human face with prominent features such as eyes and mouth, executed with expressive brush strokes and shading.

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Date
1996

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Charcoal and graphite on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight, Irregular): 52 × 71 1/2in. (132.1 × 181.6 cm)

Accession number
2009.84

Series
Tongue-Cut Sparrows

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Jeanne L. and Michael L. Klein and the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 1996 James Drake

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