Frances Stark

The Unspeakable Compromise of the Portable Work of Art #7/16 (something wonderful by means of a photogenic quality)
1998

A textile artwork with a gradient of colors from cream at the top to a soft pink in the middle and a bold orange at the bottom. Two horizontal bands of fine, red printed text run across the upper pink section. The fabric is roughly cut and pinned against a white background.
A textile artwork with a gradient of colors from cream at the top to a soft pink in the middle and a bold orange at the bottom. Two horizontal bands of fine, red printed text run across the upper pink section. The fabric is roughly cut and pinned against a white background.

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Date
1998

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Carbon transfer on japanese paper, colored tissue paper, cloth tape and nails

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 30 1/8 × 29 15/16in. (76.5 × 76 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.420

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/40798

Frances Stark
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