DrawingsAmerican20th century

Yellow Couch

1986

Artists

John WesleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

sight: 55.8 × 75.8 cm (21 15/16 × 29 13/16 in.) mat: 60 × 80 cm (23 5/8 × 31 1/2 in.) frame: 61.8 × 81.9 × 3.8 cm (24 5/16 × 32 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

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