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bababad (dalgha)

William AnastasiWW-1987-164134

1987·Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and charcoal on canvas·Overall: 101 × 216 in. (256.5 × 548.6 cm)

<p>William Anastasi, <em>bababad (dalgha)</em>, 1987. Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and charcoal on canvas, overall: 101 × 216 in. (256.5 × 548.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael H. Schwartz in memory of his father, Eugene M. Schwartz 95.223</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1987
Medium: Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions: Overall: 101 × 216 in. (256.5 × 548.6 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: William Anastasi

Artist

William Anastasi

Painting

William Anastasi was an American artist working across drawing, printmaking, and installation whose practice emerged from postwar abstraction and conceptual inquiry. He developed a distinctive approach to mark-making that prioritized chance, perception, and the act of observation itself, often working with minimal means and repetitive gesture. His work engaged with ideas of process and contingency that anticipated later developments in systems-based and process art.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

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