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A painting depicts two figures with gray-toned skin embracing and kissing against a solid blue background. One figure, wearing a white sailor's hat and shirt, stands upright while dipping the other, who wears a striped shirt, yellow pants, and holds a white sailor's hat.

For Love, and for Country

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A painting depicts two figures with gray-toned skin embracing and kissing against a solid blue background. One figure, wearing a white sailor's hat and shirt, stands upright while dipping the other, who wears a striped shirt, yellow pants, and holds a white sailor's hat.
Amy Sherald. For Love, and for Country. 2022. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Helen and Charles Schwab. © Amy Sherald. Photo by Joseph Hyde, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Amy Sherald
(1973)
Date:
2022
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Depth: 2 1″
Width: 93 1/8″
Height: 123 1/4″

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Helen and Charles Schwab BMA

A painting depicts two figures with gray-toned skin embracing and kissing against a solid blue background. One figure, wearing a white sailor’s hat and shirt, stands upright while dipping the other, who wears a striped shirt, yellow pants, and holds a white sailor’s hat.