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A painting features a person with gray-toned skin in a red cap, white turtleneck, and orange striped pants, seated on a green I-beam. The I-beam forms a cross shape against a clear blue background.

If You Surrendered to the Air, You Could Ride It

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A painting features a person with gray-toned skin in a red cap, white turtleneck, and orange striped pants, seated on a green I-beam. The I-beam forms a cross shape against a clear blue background.
Amy Sherald. If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. 2019. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Sascha S. Bauer, Jack Cayre, Nancy Carrington Crown, Nancy Poses, Laura Rapp, and Elizabeth Redleaf

Amy Sherald
(1973)
Date:
2019
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Depth: 2 1/2″
Width: 108″
Height: 130″

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Sascha S. Bauer, Jack Cayre, Nancy Carrington Crown, Nancy Poses, Laura Rapp, and Elizabeth Redleaf BMA

A painting features a person with gray-toned skin in a red cap, white turtleneck, and orange striped pants, seated on a green I-beam. The I-beam forms a cross shape against a clear blue background.