Forrest Bess

Untitled (The Crown)
1949

A framed abstract painting featuring a central white tree-like form with yellow foliage against a background of bold red and yellow horizontal swathes, suggesting a landscape. The painting has a textured appearance with visible brush strokes and is set in a simple wooden frame.

A framed abstract painting featuring a central white tree-like form with yellow foliage against a background of bold red and yellow horizontal swathes, suggesting a landscape. The painting has a textured appearance with visible brush strokes and is set in a simple wooden frame.

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Date
1949

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2024.73

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/37705

Exhibitions

Forrest Bess
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