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Jack Whitten, The ArtistsChinese Sincerityi
Portrait of Jack Whitten

Jack Whitten was a U.S. Artist of the African Diaspora born on December 5, 1939. Whitten contributed to the Abstract Expressionist movement and died on January 20, 2018.

Chinese Sincerity, Jack Whitten

Chinese Sincerity 1974

Black Monolith, II: Homage To Ralph Ellison The Invisible Man, Jack Whitten

Black Monolith, II: Homage To Ralph Ellison The Invisible Man 1994

Quantum Wall (A gift for a prince), Jack Whitten

Quantum Wall (A gift for a prince) 2016

Lee Krasner, The ArtistsPortrait of Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner

Insomnia and aggressive painting

1908 – 1984
Barnett Newman, The ArtistsPortrait of Barnett Newman

Barnett Newman

Staring down the present moment

1905 – 1970
Thornton Dial, The ArtistsPortrait of Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

1928 – 2016
19012025

Brice Marden

Robert Smithson

Jack Whitten

Abdul Halim Radwi

Mersad Berber

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