Larry Rivers and Frank O'Hara

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Painting

By: Larry Rivers

Date: 1953

Source: Rivers, Larry. Washington Crossing the Delaware. Available online at http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Paintings&Poems/Washington.jpg; website home page: http://www.emory.edu (accessed January 31, 2003).

About the Author: Larry Rivers (1924–2002) was an artist, writer, and teacher who first made a reputation for himself as a jazz saxophonist. He came to prominence for his figurative paintings, which combined highbrow and low culture; throughout his varied career his artwork consistently defied easy categorization.

"On Seeing Larry Rivers' Washington Crossing the Delaware
at the Museum of Modern Art"

Poem

By: Frank...

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