A chubby child in colorful costume jumps rope inside a narrow box above scattered toys.

Paintings

The Child's Dream

1952

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 49 3/4 × 30 in. (126.4 × 76.2 cm)
Accession number
61.10
Acquired
1961
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Marsters
Reproduction credit
© Richard Lindner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Department
collection

About this work

Richard Lindner, The Child's Dream, 1952. Oil on canvas, overall: 49 3/4 × 30 in. (126.4 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Marsters 61.10. © Richard Lindner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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