99 Objects: Laura Phipps on Madonna and Child by Allan D’Arcangelo Wed, July 29, 2015, 3 pm

99 Objects: Laura Phipps on Madonna and Child by Allan D’Arcangelo

Wed, July 29, 2015
3 pm

Illustration of two stylized figures with halos, an adult in red and a child in blue, against a white background.
Illustration of two stylized figures with halos, an adult in red and a child in blue, against a white background.

Allan D’Arcangelo (1930-1998), Madonna and Child, 1963. Acrylic on canvas, 68 5/8 × 60 3/8 in. (174.3 × 153.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2013.2 Art© Estate of Allan D’Arcangelo, Licensed by VAGA, New York; courtesy the Estate of Allan D’Arcangelo and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York Art © D’Arcangelo Family Partnership/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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Laura Phipps, assistant curator, will address Madonna and Child, 1963 by Allan D’Arcangelo (1930–1998).

Named in honor of the Whitney’s new address, 99 Gansevoort Street, 99 Objects is a series of in-gallery programs focusing on individual works of art from the Museum’s collection on view in America Is Hard to See. Speakers include artists, writers, Whitney curators and educators, and an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Programs take place daily.

Free with Museum admission.


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