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Larry Rivers

The Sitter

1956

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 1/4 × 47 1/8 in. (130.2 × 119.7 cm)
Collection no.
56.187
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Sitter — Larry Rivers. 1956.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 51 1/4 × 47 1/8 in. (130.2 × 119.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Hugo Kastor Fund, 1956.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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