Ford Beckman

Pop Painting
1991

A worn and aged artwork featuring a faded representation of a clown-like figure with a pointed hat, surrounded by a border with red polka dots on a white background. The central image is dark with visible deterioration, and the figure's facial features are only partially discernible.
A worn and aged artwork featuring a faded representation of a clown-like figure with a pointed hat, surrounded by a border with red polka dots on a white background. The central image is dark with visible deterioration, and the figure's facial features are only partially discernible.

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Date
1991

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic, latex, enamel, collaged paper, and resin on paper with painted frame

Dimensions
Overall: 97 5/16 × 76 1/4 × 2in. (247.2 × 193.7 × 5.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.223a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/37700

Ford Beckman
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