Al Held

The Dowager Empress

1965

Abstract artwork with a large green circle bordered by red, set against yellow and white rectangles.
Abstract artwork with a large green circle bordered by red, set against yellow and white rectangles.

Al Held, The Dowager Empress, 1965. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 96 1/4 × 72 1/8 in. (244.5 × 183.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 66.3. © Al Held Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Not on view

Date
1965

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 96 1/4 × 72 1/8 in. (244.5 × 183.2 cm)

Accession number
66.3

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© Al Held Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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