Stan VanDerBeek

(Still from "Facescapes")
1965

An abstract artwork featuring a central figure with a mushroom cap-like shape for a head, set against a cream oval background with a dark, wavy pattern. The figure's face is obscured by the cap, with two profile silhouettes facing away from each other on either side of the stem, creating a mirrored effect. The piece is mounted on a black background with a thin white border framing the oval.
An abstract artwork featuring a central figure with a mushroom cap-like shape for a head, set against a cream oval background with a dark, wavy pattern. The figure's face is obscured by the cap, with two profile silhouettes facing away from each other on either side of the stem, creating a mirrored effect. The piece is mounted on a black background with a thin white border framing the oval.

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Date
1965

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ink and gouache on plastic film and collage paper on paper mounted to board

Dimensions
Sheet (paper): 12 × 18in. (30.5 × 45.7 cm) Sheet (plastic film): 10 7/8 × 13 7/8in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm) Mount: 17 5/8 × 20 1/4 × 1/16in. (44.8 × 51.4 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2015.71

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee, the Film, Video, and New Media Committee, the Photography Committee, Gregg G. Seibert, and Craig F. Starr

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Stan VanDerBeek

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Stan VanDerBeek
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