Samuel M. Adler

Idol

1961

Abstract figure seated at a table holding a small red object, painted in layered browns and blacks.
Abstract figure seated at a table holding a small red object, painted in layered browns and blacks.

Samuel M. Adler, Idol, 1961. Collage, oil, transparent and opaque watercolor, charcoal, varnish, graphite pencil and pastel pencil on board, sheet: 28 × 18 1/4 in. (71.1 × 46.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Paul M. Heller 62.41

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Date
1961

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage, oil, transparent and opaque watercolor, charcoal, varnish, graphite pencil and pastel pencil on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 28 × 18 1/4 in. (71.1 × 46.4 cm)

Accession number
62.41

Credit line
Gift of Paul M. Heller

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/4078



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