Robert Arneson

California Artist
1982

Illustration of a smiling older man with a beard and curly hair, wearing round blue sunglasses and a denim shirt. His arms are crossed, and there are scribbles and the words "California" and "Artist" around him. The artwork has a vibrant, sketch-like quality with visible strokes and marks.

Illustration of a smiling older man with a beard and curly hair, wearing round blue sunglasses and a denim shirt. His arms are crossed, and there are scribbles and the words "California" and "Artist" around him. The artwork has a vibrant, sketch-like quality with visible strokes and marks.

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Date
1982

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil pastel, acrylic, oil, charcoal, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 52 1/4 × 42in. (132.7 × 106.7 cm)

Accession number
2015.252

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Lipman Family Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Robert Arneson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/47419

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Robert Arneson
5 works in the collection

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