abstract expressionism

summer 1980

This is an oil painting on canvas with an abstract composition. A blue stripe appears along the right side and curves slightly inward at bottom. Jagged black lines appear against a mottled light...

Untitled
circa 1965
1959

Large gas fired stoneware sculpture with an abstract geometric form. Vertical composition with blue, white, and brown glazed surface.

Etya
1958

Abstract Expressionist oil painting on canvas. The composition includes gestural strokes of reds and oranges in the center of the composition surrounded by tones of blues and greens.

1958

Abstract oil painting on canvas contains short, layered gestural strokes. Shades of red and brown dominate the composition with blue, white, black, and yellow accents.

Alone with the Killer
1948

Abstract oil painting on canvas contains a large area of tan with a small black circle in the center. A dark outline of a shape similar to the letter Y appears at lower right. The upper left...

1949

Abstract Expressionist oil painting on canvas painted in light tones of paint with a dark circular area with irregular edges appearing at upper right.

1964

Abstract oil painting on canvas contains a composition of black gestural strokes through the vertical center. Dark blue and additional black areas appear along left and right sides. Small areas...

Figure on a Porch
1959

NOTES: Handbook Selection, 1984.

1962

Yellow abstract canvas painted with geometric and gestural lines in greens and reds.

1958

This is a watercolor painting that depicts a semi-abstract landscape. A tree with a crooked trunk appears in the composition at center left. The tree's canopy fills the center of the image and...

1993

Ceramic stack with round base leading to cylindrical top. Slab-constructed with visible joins. Anagama pit fired with unglazed brown and red varied surface

2000

Wood fired stoneware stack, slab-constructed with open and visible joins. Unglazed tan, red, and brown varied surface.

1947

Abstract oil painting on canvas contains two red oblong shapes painted at lower center. Surrounding these shapes are diffuse painted strokes in shades of white, gray, and tan.

c.1948

Gouache and oil painting on wallboard mounted to Masonite. Composition includes gestural strokes in black, blue, and white.

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