Larry Rivers

Double Portrait of Berdie
1955

An oil painting depicting two nude elderly women in an interior setting. The woman on the left stands with one hand on a green railing, while the woman on the right sits on a white sofa with floral patterns and a red cushion. Behind them is a wall adorned with small pictures and a mirror reflecting a vase with flowers. The floor features a checkered rug, and there's a sense of casual, unposed intimacy in the scene.

An oil painting depicting two nude elderly women in an interior setting. The woman on the left stands with one hand on a green railing, while the woman on the right sits on a white sofa with floral patterns and a red cushion. Behind them is a wall adorned with small pictures and a mirror reflecting a vase with flowers. The floor features a checkered rug, and there's a sense of casual, unposed intimacy in the scene.

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Date
1955

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil, fabricated chalk, and charcoal on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 71 1/2 × 82 11/16in. (181.6 × 210 cm)

Accession number
56.9

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Larry Rivers / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/653

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Larry Rivers
22 works in the collection

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