Michael Hurson

Study for Portrait of Morton Landowne #2

1981

A stylized seated man wearing glasses plays a stringed instrument with angular, sketchy lines.
A stylized seated man wearing glasses plays a stringed instrument with angular, sketchy lines.

Michael Hurson, Study for Portrait of Morton Landowne #2, 1981. Graphite, pastel, and fabricated chalk on paper, sheet (sight): 34 15/16 × 22 3/8 in. (88.7 × 56.8 cm) Plate (sight): 34 3/8 × 22 1/8 in. (87.3 × 56.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.122. © Estate of Michael Hurson. Courtesy of Debra George and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.

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Not on view

Date
1981

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite, pastel, and fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 34 15/16 × 22 3/8 in. (88.7 × 56.8 cm) Plate (sight): 34 3/8 × 22 1/8 in. (87.3 × 56.2 cm)

Accession number
2024.122

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Michael Hurson. Courtesy of Debra George and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.

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