Prison Visit

Artist John Newman (American, born 1949)

Date1986

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 65 7/8 × 71 3/4 inches (167.32 × 182.25 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Richard M. Hollander

Object numberF93-7/10

SignedAcross male figure's leg in foreground: "John Newman"

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DescriptionA large-scale figurative scene with loose, expresionistic brush strokes in a somber palette dominated by greens, browns, maroons and blacks. In the upper right a figure, discernable only from the waist down, emerges ominously from the shadows of the background. A black metal folding chair appears in the lower left foreground. Next to the chair, there is a male figure, dressed in a blue shirt, seated next to a female figure which is seemingly nude. The female, with garishly painted face and fingernails, drapes one arm over the man and supports the figure of a child with the other.

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