Tar Top

Title

Tar Top

Date

1995

Medium

Tar paper, acrylic, oil stick, encaustic, tar, plesiglass, silk flowers, dried flowers, glass, fabric, and electric lights on wood

Creator

Radcliffe Bailey, American, born 1968

Source

High Museum of Art

Rights

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Identifier

1996.2

Provenance

Purchase with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable, ©Radcliffe Bailey. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Physical Dimensions

96 x 120 x 11 inches

Files

Radcliffe Bailey.jpg

Citation

Radcliffe Bailey, American, born 1968, “Tar Top,” GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning - Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, accessed May 6, 2025, https://glamportal.auctr.edu/items/show/3410.