Roland Reiss

The Ever Mysterious Painted Desert
c. 1970

A colorful and abstract mixed media artwork featuring a variety of elements such as palm trees, cacti, snakes, and abstract shapes. The composition includes hand-drawn lines, scribbles, and text, with some areas resembling a map. The piece has a playful and chaotic feel, with objects scattered across the canvas in no apparent order.
A colorful and abstract mixed media artwork featuring a variety of elements such as palm trees, cacti, snakes, and abstract shapes. The composition includes hand-drawn lines, scribbles, and text, with some areas resembling a map. The piece has a playful and chaotic feel, with objects scattered across the canvas in no apparent order.

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Date
c. 1970

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink, fiber-tipped pen, watercolor and graphite pencil on paper (a); graphite pencil on paper (b)

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 9/16 × 30 1/16in. (57.3 × 76.4 cm) Image: 22 9/16 × 30 1/16in. (57.3 × 76.4 cm)

Accession number
2016.107a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Greg S. Feldman

Rights and reproductions
© Roland Reiss

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Roland Reiss
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