John Ferren

Untitled #8
1938

A vibrant abstract painting featuring dynamic, overlapping shapes in bold colors such as red, orange, blue, and black, with subtle texturing, set against a pale yellow background and framed by a border with circular cutouts at the top edge. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.
A vibrant abstract painting featuring dynamic, overlapping shapes in bold colors such as red, orange, blue, and black, with subtle texturing, set against a pale yellow background and framed by a border with circular cutouts at the top edge. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

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Date
1938

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 5/8in. (50.2 × 65.1 cm) Mount (board): 24 15/16 × 31 1/4 × 1/8in. (63.3 × 79.4 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
87.27

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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