Tom Otterness

The Misdirected Hero

1985

Large sketched profile head filled with dark cross-hatching surrounded by small walking human figures.
Large sketched profile head filled with dark cross-hatching surrounded by small walking human figures.

Tom Otterness, The Misdirected Hero, 1985. Graphite and ink on paper, sheet (sight): 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.200

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Not on view

Date
1985

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm)

Accession number
2024.200

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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