Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s

Exhibition works

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  Jean-Michel Basquiat, “LNAPRK”, 1982. Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and marker on found paper on canvas and wood, with rope, 72 1/4 × 66 5/16 in. (183.5 × 168.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of June and Paul Schorr in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Whitney Museum of American Art 91.83. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York

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  Ross Bleckner (b. 1949), Count No Count, 1989. Oil and wax on canvas, 108 × 72 1/8 in. (274.3 × 183.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 89.28 © Ross Bleckner; courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York

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  Peter Cain (1959–1997), Z, 1989. Oil on canvas. 58 1/4 × 70 1/8 in. (148 × 178.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 92.29 © Peter Cain; courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, N.Y.

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  Robert Colescott, The Three Graces: Art, Sex and Death, 1981. Acrylic on canvas, Overall: 84 × 72in. (213.4 × 182.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Raymond J. Learsy 91.59.1 With permission of the Estate of Robert Colescott © 2017 Estate of Robert Colescott  / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Moira Dryer (1957–1992, Portrait of a Fingerprint, 1988. Casein on plywood, 48 1/8 × 61 1/4 × 4 in. (122.2 × 155.6 × 10.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz 94.58 © Estate of Moira Dryer

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  Eric Fischl, A Visit To / A Visit From / The Island, 1983. Oil on canvas, 84 × 168in. (213.4 × 426.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President 83.17a b

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  David Salle, Sextant in Dogtown, 1987. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 96 3/16 × 126 1/4 in. (244.3 × 320.7 cm). 99 1/8 × 129 3/8 in. (251.8 × 328.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 88.8a-e Art © David Salle, Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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  Kenny Scharf, When the Worlds Collide, 1984. Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 122 5/16 × 209 5/16 in. (310.7 × 531.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from Edward R. Downe, Jr. and Eric Fischl 84.44 © 2017 Kenny Scharf/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Julian Schnabel (b. 1951), Hope, 1982. Oil and velvet on velvet. 110 × 158 in. (279.4 × 401.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from an anonymous donor 82.13 © 2016 Julian Schnabel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  Julia Wachtel, Membership, 1984. Oil on canvas, 66 x 81 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2016.114 114 © Julia Wachtel; courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Dee New York. © Julia Wachtel

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  Terry Winters (b. 1949), Good Government, 1984. Oil on linen, 101 1/4 × 136 1/4 in. (257.2 × 346.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Mnuchin Foundation and the Painting and Sculpture Committee 85.15 © Terry Winters