Jun 27
Dark Angel
Artist: George Tooker (American, 1920-2011)
Date: 1995-1996
Medium: Egg tempera on gesso panel
Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Description
"Dark Angel," is a self-portrait with allegorical content. Tooker has depicted himself in the bottom right corner of the painting wearing a blue work shirt and holding a long thin-tipped paintbrush in his right hand.
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