Richard Bosman

Polar Bear
1981

A stylized print depicting a large wolf's head in profile with a wide-open mouth, revealing sharp red and white teeth. Inside the wolf's mouth, a small figure in a blue shirt is paddling a canoe. The background features a dark night sky with a white full moon and green hills. The print includes the artist's signature and an edition number at the bottom.
A stylized print depicting a large wolf's head in profile with a wide-open mouth, revealing sharp red and white teeth. Inside the wolf's mouth, a small figure in a blue shirt is paddling a canoe. The background features a dark night sky with a white full moon and green hills. The print includes the artist's signature and an edition number at the bottom.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color woodcut on printed rice paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 25 1/4in. (75.6 × 64.1 cm) Image: 23 7/8 × 22in. (60.6 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
2019.322

Edition
AP 3/4 | Ed. 14

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Stephen Dull

Rights and reproductions
© Richard Bosman

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