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The Rose

Jay DeFeo · 1958–1966

Catalog medium: Oil with embedded fabric, string, and wood on canvas
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Accession: 95.170

Physical record

Scale without reproducing the image

Metric: 327.3 × 234.3 × 27.9 cm
Approx. imperial: 10 ft 8.9 in × 7 ft 8.2 in × 0 ft 11 in
Width / 170 cm reference: 1.38×
Height / 170 cm reference: 1.93×
Depth / 170 cm reference: 0.16×

Imperial dimensions and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions. The diagram uses a bounding-dimension guide only: it does not infer silhouette, occupied volume, mass, or viewing angle.

Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/metadata_only.

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Structured relationships

Process, material, form, ideas

Techniques

No structured techniques linked in the foundation corpus.

Materials

Oil paintmaterial
Canvasmaterial

Structured materials appear only through an explicit mapping relationship in the validated corpus; AEU does not infer normalized materials by parsing the catalog medium text.

Formal properties

Surface relief / heavy impastoformal property

Concepts

No structured concepts linked in the foundation corpus.

Claims / interpretation

Evidence with its type exposed

A source interpretation is not silently rewritten as an uncontested fact. Contested positions remain side by side.

process used

Whitney documents DeFeo repeatedly building thick oil paint, carving it back, and embedding structural materials over nearly eight years.

Evidence sources (1)

Jay DeFeo. The Rose. 1958–1966 ↗

Documented path / mapping basis exposed

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Object → maker

Jay DeFeoartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.

Material & process

Oil paintmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Formal & thematic

Surface relief / heavy impastoformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Exhibition, place & history

Place this date on the AEU timeline1958–1966Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.

Close Look

Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.

Source register

Direct record sources

Jay DeFeo. The Rose. 1958–1966museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09
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