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Robert Colescott
Whispering in Ear1985

Not on view
Oil painting, two faces in close-up: a dark-skinned figure facing right and a pale-skinned figure with blonde hair whose face is covered by a cupped hand, loose expressive brushwork
Artist or Maker
Robert Colescott
United States, California, Oakland, 1925-2009
Title
Whispering in Ear
Date Made
1985
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
14 x 16 in. (35.56 x 40.64 cm); Framed: 15 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (38.74 x 43.82 x 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Donna Polichar
Accession Number
M.2008.280.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art