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A large abstract painting, comprised of a brown ground disrupted by strips of bright colors.

This painting is composed of a large bottom layer of brown paint, which has flecks of darker brown and black in it. This brown ground almost covers the entire painting, aside from a strip of exposed canvas in the bottom left corner. A series of brightly coloured strips—purple, blue, green, red, yellow, pink, brown, and white—descend down from the top right corner of the work, running all the way to its bottom.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.174
People
Jack Bush, Canadian (Toronto 1907 - 1977 Toronto)
Title
Woodwind
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1976
Culture
Canadian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370166

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
198.1 × 160 cm (78 × 63 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York], sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge (1981-2021), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Copyright
© Estate of Jack Bush
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.174
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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