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Sea Exploration
Sea Exploration
Sea Exploration

Sea Exploration

Artist (1906 - 1990)
Datec. 1950
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 x 50 in. (91.4 x 127 cm)
Framed (black, wired, not glazed): 39 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (101 x 136.5 x 6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Hilbert Collection
Object number2018.138
DescriptionA very complex abstract painting based on beach culture images that are woven in and out of abstract patterns based on a combination of natural and manmade forms. This is an especially nice example of the spontaneous, free form oil painting language Dike developed at mid-twentieth century.
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