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Biff Elrod
Ceiling Painting

2018

$48,000
£36,273.44
€42,465.02
CA$67,030.79
A$75,415.78
CHF 39,958.21
MX$931,289.70
NOK 489,845.44
SEK 470,673.92
DKK 316,763.61
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Biff Elrod's use of color and implied movement in the Movement into Light from The Ceiling Paintings Exhibition provided a visual experience of contemporary life. Ceiling Painting is a view from the second floor balcony of The Metropolitan Museum looking down to the Great Hall. Biff Elrod (b. 1946 in Ft. Worth TX) is a New York City based painter. He has shown widely throughout the United States, at spaces including the Soho Center for the Arts, Yves Arman Gallery, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Ruth Siegel Gallery, Schrieber/Cutler Gallery and MoMA PS1 in New York City. Elrod’s public mural is permanently installed at the PATH Station entrance on Christopher St. in Greenwich Village, New York City since August of 1986. As well, Elrod was commissioned to complete two large works for Port Authority in 1991 at their Harrison, New Jersey repair facility building’s vestibule and lobby. Elrod received his MFA from the University of Hawaii in1970 after receiving his BFA from the Memphis College of Art in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. Elrod splits his time between his New York City studio and his studio near Asheville, North Carolina.
  • Creator:
    Biff Elrod (1946, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 66 in (167.64 cm)Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    UniquePrice: $48,000
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1977215315742

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