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Blue House
Alice Neel American
Not on view
A riot of bright color, lyrical brushwork, and meandering line, the psychedelic Blue House depicts a scene near the artist’s summer home on the Jersey Shore. As seen here, Neel consistently exploited the full potential of paint as a medium, extracting from it artistic effects that exceed that which they represent.
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