Red Star

1970

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil, metallic paint, and collage (paper, synthetic fabric, and gummed tape) on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 141.92 × 116.21 cm (55 7/8 × 45 3/4 in.) framed: 149.86 × 123.83 × 5.08 cm (59 × 48 3/4 × 2 in.)
Collection no.: 2014.136.158
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Red Star — Raymond Saunders. 1970.

Medium: oil, metallic paint, and collage (paper, synthetic fabric, and gummed tape) on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 141.92 × 116.21 cm (55 7/8 × 45 3/4 in.) framed: 149.86 × 123.83 × 5.08 cm (59 × 48 3/4 × 2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.136.158. Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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