Wardell Milan

Fighting out of Antiquity
2020

Two framed mixed-media artworks side by side. The left piece features a black and white image of a man throwing a baseball, with abstract blue and white paint strokes and floral designs at the bottom. The right piece shows a black and white image of a man batting, superimposed on a colorful background of pink flowers, with similar abstract and floral elements at the bottom. Both pieces have a signature at the bottom right.
Two framed mixed-media artworks side by side. The left piece features a black and white image of a man throwing a baseball, with abstract blue and white paint strokes and floral designs at the bottom. The right piece shows a black and white image of a man batting, superimposed on a colorful background of pink flowers, with similar abstract and floral elements at the bottom. Both pieces have a signature at the bottom right.

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Date
2020

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Acrylic, oil, charcoal, graphite pencil, oil pastel, wax, collaged paper and photographs on inkjet prints

Dimensions
Overall: 41 15/16 × 88in. (106.5 × 223.5 cm)

Accession number
2022.148a-b

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Wardell Milan 2020

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