Jean Conner

Summer - East River
1968

A surreal artwork featuring a silhouette of a bat-like creature with illuminated windows for eyes, set against a sepia-toned backdrop of bare tree branches and a city skyline at dusk. The scene is framed within a dark border, creating a window-like effect.

A surreal artwork featuring a silhouette of a bat-like creature with illuminated windows for eyes, set against a sepia-toned backdrop of bare tree branches and a city skyline at dusk. The scene is framed within a dark border, creating a window-like effect.

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Date
1968

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10in. (34.9 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2018.207

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Peter and Beverly Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© Conner Family Trust and Artist Rights Society (ARS)

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Jean Conner
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