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The Annunciation

Abstract painting with heavy white, gray, and brown paint applied in thick brushstrokes, suggesting wings emerging from a dark background.
© 2018 The Jay DeFeo Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Abstract painting with heavy white, gray, and brown paint applied in thick brushstrokes, suggesting wings emerging from a dark background.

Date:

1957/59

Artist:

Jay DeFeo (Mary Joan DeFeo)
American, 1929–1989

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 291

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Jay DeFeo

Title

The Annunciation

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1957–1959

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

306.7 × 189.2 cm (120 3/4 × 74 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lannan Foundation

Reference Number

1997.139

Copyright

© 2018 The Jay DeFeo Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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