Christina Quarles

Hard Pressed

2017

Loosely painted, colorful silhouettes of nude figures' interlocking limbs as they float against a sparse background and face a free-standing, flower print wall.
Loosely painted, colorful silhouettes of nude figures' interlocking limbs as they float against a sparse background and face a free-standing, flower print wall.

Christina Quarles, Hard Pressed, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 60 × 56 in. (152.4 × 142.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Karen Robinovitz P.2019.5. © Christina Quarles, Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Pilar Corrias, London

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Date
2017

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 60 × 56 in. (152.4 × 142.2 cm)

Accession number
P.2019.5

Credit line
Promised gift of Karen Robinovitz

Rights and reproductions
© Christina Quarles, Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Pilar Corrias, London

API
artworks/61105



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