Ellen Phelan

Street Scene: Memory of Detroit (for Joyce Carol Oates)
1992

A dark, abstract painting featuring two indistinct figures with exaggerated features, one with a red garment, against a murky, shadowy background. The artwork has a somber and mysterious atmosphere.

A dark, abstract painting featuring two indistinct figures with exaggerated features, one with a red garment, against a murky, shadowy background. The artwork has a somber and mysterious atmosphere.

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Date
1992

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 39 3/4 × 38 3/4in. (101 × 98.4 cm)

Accession number
2014.274

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Marsha and Jeffrey Miro

Rights and reproductions
© Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/46285

Ellen Phelan
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