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Allegory by Bob Thompson

Allegory

Bob Thompson · 1960

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DETAILS
Artist
Bob Thompson
Date
1960
Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
60 x 71 in. (152.4 x 180.3 cm)
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line
George A. Hearn Fund, 1981
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THE ARTIST

Bob Thompson

Bob Thompson was an African-American figurative painter known for bold, colorful canvases that synthesized Old Masters with jazz-influenced Abstract Expressionism.

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