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The Empress of Sorrow

Eric Fischl

The Empress of Sorrow

1991

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Eric Fischl

The Empress of Sorrow

1991

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 98 x 90 in. (249 x 228.7 cm.)
Credit Line W. Clagett Emory Bequest Fund, in Memory of his Parents, William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory
Object Number 1993.25

Inscribed: VERSO: UC canvas, (marker), 'THE EMPRESS OF/(underlined)'; RC, 'SORROW(underlined)'; C, 'THE EMPORESS/OF SORROW (crossed out)'; signed, RC, 'Eric Fischl(script)/'92'; label, L, on top horizontal stretcher, '...Mary Boone Gallery...MBG #6828...'

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Eric Fischl

1947–2000

born New York, NY 1948
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