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Pale yellow, warm orange, rose pink, lilac purple, and topaz blue diffuse this abstract vertical painting. The field of yellow across the bottom rises and deepens through orange and pink to flicker up and touch at points, like flared wings, that almost reach the top of the composition. Purple hugging the pink gives way to shimmering blue edges. Brushstrokes are completely blended so this resembles jewel-toned steam wafting across the canvas.

Leon Berkowitz

Coronation, 1979

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 243.84 × 193.04 cm (96 × 76 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)

Accession Number

2015.143.27

Artists / Makers

Leon Berkowitz (painter) American, 1911 - 1987

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Inscription

upper right reverse: Berkowitz 79; on stretcher bar reverse: Coronation '79

Provenance

The artist; purchased 1981 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Berkowitz, Leon
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982-16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.