James Kearns

Cat's Cradle

1959

A seated person with glasses plays cat's cradle, holding thin strings against a green background.
A seated person with glasses plays cat's cradle, holding thin strings against a green background.

James Kearns, Cat's Cradle, 1959. Oil on composition board, overall: 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award 60.18

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Not on view

Date
1959

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)

Accession number
60.18

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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