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Avant le jour

A work made of oil on canvas.

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

1986

Artist:

James Bishop
American, 1927-2021

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

James Bishop

Title

Avant le jour

Place

United States (Object made in)

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.

1986

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

169 × 172 cm (66 1/2 × 67 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal, Ada S. Garrett and Flora Mayer Witkowsky purchase prize funds, through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon B. Smith

Reference Number

2012.480

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