Sunny A. Smith

The Compass Rose

2008

A bold, colorful geometric compass rose with eight pointed star on split blue and cream background.
A bold, colorful geometric compass rose with eight pointed star on split blue and cream background.

Sunny A. Smith, The Compass Rose, 2008. Screenprint on linen, sheet (linen): 28 3/4 × 22 in. (73 × 55.9 cm) Image: 27 7/8 × 19 in. (70.8 × 48.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund 2012.153.6

Recto

Not on view

Date
2008

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint on linen

Dimensions
Sheet (linen): 28 3/4 × 22 in. (73 × 55.9 cm) Image: 27 7/8 × 19 in. (70.8 × 48.3 cm)

Accession number
2012.153.6

Edition
1/50

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/42038

Part of a series:
Expose: Exit Art Portfolio 2008
7 works

A surreal green face with braided hair connected to floating eyes and a small upside-down figure.
A large pale human head outline rendered in fine white dots against a light blue background.
Two tall column figures topped with textured round tops, each marked by a red diagonal arrow.
A crowded living room shows a blonde woman standing on a chair holding a green hose while others lie and watch.
Abstract blue, yellow, and red shapes form a smoking figure with a speech bubble expressing desire to kill the president.
A bold, colorful geometric compass rose with eight pointed star on split blue and cream background.
Abstract composition showing swirling waves, floating black brush marks, a blue diagonal stroke, and geometric outlines.


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