Ellen Phelan

Say It Isn't So

1987

Three figures—a seated baby, a limp doll-like child, and a tense man—stand against a pale background.
Three figures—a seated baby, a limp doll-like child, and a tense man—stand against a pale background.

Ellen Phelan, Say It Isn't So, 1987. Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 30 11/16 × 43 1/4 in. (77.9 × 109.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 88.19. © Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1987

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 11/16 × 43 1/4 in. (77.9 × 109.9 cm)

Accession number
88.19

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/7266



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