Abstract octagonal painting with turquoise circles, red grid lines, and loose gestural brushstrokes.

Purvis Young

Ants and the Establishment

c. 1980–1985

Not on view

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Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and enamel on plywood

Dimensions
Overall: 33 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. (85.1 × 85.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.271

Credit line
Gift of Daniel Aubry

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Purvis Young / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/58241

Wikidata
Q64521144



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