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Beacon (Bless the Bastard)
Beacon (Bless the Bastard)
Beacon (Bless the Bastard)
Photograph and Ditital Image © Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Not for reproduction or publication.
On View
On view
Object number1995/6.5

Beacon (Bless the Bastard)

Artist (American, 1958-)
Date1991
Mediumoil tempera on Masonite
Dimensionsimage: 48 × 60 in. (121.9 × 152.4 cm)
frame: 49 1/2 in. × 5 ft. 1 1/2 in. (125.7 × 156.2 cm)
Credit LinePermanent Collection Fund
Exhibition History"The Figure Revealed: Contemporary American Figurative Paintings and Drawings," KIA Galleries 3&4 (May 3 - June 29, 2008). "Portrait and Presence," KIA Long Gallery (Apr. 16 - Sept. 18, 2011). "Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century," KIA (September 7 - February 18, 2025)