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    Artwork Survey: 2010s

    Jack Whitten
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    • Apps For Obama
      2011
      Acrylic on hollow core door
      84 × 91 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Remote Control
      2013
      Acrylic on canvas
      44 × 176.63 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Black Monolith, VII Du Bois Legacy: For W.E. Burghardt
      2014
      Acrylic on canvas
      84.125 × 63.125 × 2.75 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Black Monolith, VIII For Maya Angelou
      2015
      Acrylic on canvas
      84 × 63 × 3 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Black Monolith X, Birth of Muhammad Ali
      2016
      Acrylic on canvas
      84 × 63 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall (A Gift for Prince)
      2016
      Acrylic on canvas with tivar
      84 × 190 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, II (Missing Matter)
      2016
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 96 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, IV (Viper's Nest)
      2016
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 96 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, III (The Geometry of Being an Octopus)
      2016
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 96 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Black Monolith XI, Six Kinky Strings: For Chuck Berry
      2017
      Acrylic on canvas
      84 × 63 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, VII (The Daughter of Jazz: Akara-Ngba)
      2017
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 48 × 2.375 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, VI (The Son of Jazz)
      2017
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 48 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

    • Quantum Wall, VIII (For Arshile Gorky, My First Love In Painting)
      2017
      Acrylic on canvas
      48 × 48 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York

      © Jack Whitten

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