2008.35.8

Night Landing
1984
44.25 in HIGH x 81 in WIDE x 2.25 in DEEP
(112.39 cm HIGH x 205.74 cm WIDE x 5.71 cm DEEP)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
2008.35.8

frame
"NIGHT LANDING Walter Snelgrove 84" - written in ink on canvas verso, TL edge.
Paper label for Gump's Gallery, San Francisco attached to stretcher bar at CL on verso. Label reads, "TITLE Night Landing / ARTIST Walter Snelgrove MEDIUM A/C / SIZE 81" x 44" NO. [covered] / 1984/60-30 PRICE [covered] / GUMP'S GALLERY * SAN FRANCISCO." Smaller paper attached to right side of label reads, "NIGHT LANDING / 2033 021 / 46010 / 1545006 / $6000.00"

Acrylic painting on canvas depicts a landscape in tones of dark blue and brown. A band of aqua and dark blue spans the lower third of the composition. Brown landforms and vegetation are indicated with impressionist brushstrokes from center left to right, and a clear sky in dark blue fills the upper third of the canvas.
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