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Convulsion

1949

James V. Harvey

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James V. Harvey

Artist, American, 1929 - 1965

The image displays swirling, interlocking lines and shapes creating an intricate abstract pattern. The composition resembles unfurling petals or overlapping layers of fabric, with curves and arcs conveying movement. The arrangement suggests folds and contours of a landscape or the flow of a stream, engaging the viewer in a dance of forms within a rectangular frame.

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Medium

engraving and aquatint
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Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 144 x 300 mm
sheet: 183 x 329 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2381

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Inscribed: convulsion in pencil, lower left; signed: harvey '49 in pencil, lower right

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Wikidata ID

Q76548794