Jimmy Ernst

Sooner or Later

1962

Dark tangled shapes and swirling lines surround a central vertical red pattern in an abstract painting.
Dark tangled shapes and swirling lines surround a central vertical red pattern in an abstract painting.

Jimmy Ernst, Sooner or Later, 1962. Oil on linen, overall: 50 × 60 1/8 in. (127 × 152.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil 64.60. © Estate of Jimmy Ernst / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1962

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 50 × 60 1/8 in. (127 × 152.7 cm)

Accession number
64.60

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Jimmy Ernst / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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