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Microscopic Creatures from the Ocean Deep

1950

Lawrence Edward Kupferman

Associated Names

Lawrence Kupferman

Artist, American, 1909 - 1982

The image displays various shapes and lines scattered on a dark background. The artwork includes abstract elements, combining bright neon lines with forms resembling celestial constellations, cellular structures, microscopic life forms, minimalistic animal drawings, and abstract dancers in motion.

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint
Credit Line

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

image: 240 x 290 mm
sheet: 252 x 304 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2979

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In pencil within the image: lower right, Lawrence Kupferman

Wikidata ID

Q76551196

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