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The Rose

Jay DeFeoWW-1958-164255

1958·Oil with wood and mica on canvas·Overall: 128 7/8 × 92 1/4 × 11 in. (327.3 × 234.3 × 27.9 cm)

<p>Jay DeFeo, <em>The Rose</em>, 1958–1966. Oil with wood and mica on canvas, overall: 128 7/8 × 92 1/4 × 11 in. (327.3 × 234.3 × 27.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Jay DeFeo Foundation and purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee and the Judith Rothschild Foundation 95.170. © The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1958
Medium: Oil with wood and mica on canvas
Dimensions: Overall: 128 7/8 × 92 1/4 × 11 in. (327.3 × 234.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Jay DeFeo

Artist

Jay DeFeo

Painting

Painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker Jay DeFeo was born Mary Joan DeFeo in Hanover,New Hampshire, in 1929, but was raised predominantly in the San Francisco Bay Area.She showed an interest in art as a teenager, which was fostered by her high school artteacher, and she ultimately went on to study art at the University of California, Berkeley,where she earned her BA and MA in 1950 and 1951 respectively. She was granted afellowship shortly after completing her graduate studies, allowing her to spend a year anda half in Europe (between 1951 and 1952) to study prehistoric painting in France andSpain, as well as architecture and Renaissance art in Italy, specifically Florence.

Florence

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