Ford Beckman

Pop Painting
1991

A stylized artwork featuring a bold red silhouette of a clown with a pointed hat against a white background, surrounded by a pattern of black and grey polka dots. The image has a distressed, textured appearance, giving it a vintage or worn look.
A stylized artwork featuring a bold red silhouette of a clown with a pointed hat against a white background, surrounded by a pattern of black and grey polka dots. The image has a distressed, textured appearance, giving it a vintage or worn look.

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Date
1991

Classification
Paintings

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

Dimensions
Overall: 97 × 76 1/4 × 2in. (246.4 × 193.7 × 5.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.224a-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/37701

Ford Beckman
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