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    Artwork Survey: 1980s

    Jack Whitten
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    • Yellow Cross for Naomi
      1980
      Acrylic on canvas
      42 × 42 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Collection of James Cross

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Dead Reckoning I
      1980

      Courtesy of The Studio Museum in Harlem and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Annabelle II
      1984
      Oil and acrylic on canvas on wood
      67 1/4 × 67 1/4 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Annabelle II
      Detail
      1984
      Oil and acrylic on canvas on wood
      67 1/4 × 67 1/4 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Site I
      1986
      Acrylic on canvas
      14 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Site IV
      1986
      Acrylic on canvas
      84 × 72 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Site IV
      Detail
      1986
      Acrylic on canvas
      84 × 72 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Willi Meets The Keeper (For Willi Smith)
      1987
      Acrylic on canvas
      96 × 82 × 2 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Willi Meets The Keeper (For Willi Smith)
      Detail
      1987
      Acrylic on canvas
      96 × 82 × 2 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • The Gift: Dedicated to the Memory of Packy
      1988
      Acrylic with cast acrylic collage on canvas
      48 × 82 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Ecdysis I
      1989
      Artist collage on plywood
      16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

    • Ecdysis I
      Detail
      1989
      Artist collage on plywood
      16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      Photo: Genevieve Hanson

      © Jack Whitten

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