Watergate Diptych
<p>Sylvia Sleigh, <em>Watergate Diptych</em>, 1973. Oil on canvas, two parts, overall (a): 20 1/8 × 24 in. (51.1 × 61 cm) Overall (b): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2018.24a-b. © Estate of Sylvia Sleigh</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, two parts
- Dimensions
- Overall (a): 20 1/8 × 24 in. (51.1 × 61 cm) Overall (b): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Sylvia Sleigh
Artist
Painting
Sylvia Sleigh was a British painter known for her realist portraits and figurative works, particularly her depictions of the male nude that inverted the conventional male gaze of art history. Working primarily in oil paint, she developed a distinctive approach to representing the human form with psychological depth and formal clarity. Her practice engaged directly with questions of gender, viewership, and the politics of representation in painting.
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- Sylvia Sleigh
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, two parts
- Dimensions
- Overall (a): 20 1/8 × 24 in. (51.1 × 61 cm) Overall (b): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1973-173282
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified