Jay DeFeo
b. 1929 Hanover, NH
d. 1989 Oakland, CA
The Eyes, 1958, Graphite pencil on paper, 42 × 84 3/4 in. (106.7 × 215.3 cm).
The artist inscribed the back of this drawing with a stanza from a poem by Philip Lamantia, a fellow member of San Francisco’s Beat community: ”Tell him I have eyes only for Heaven as I look to you Queen Mirror of the Heavenly Court”.
The 2017 Whitney Biennial
June 10th, 2017