Swim

1967

Jack Bush

Associated Names
Jack Bush

Painter, Canadian, 1909 - 1977

The image displays an arrangement of bold lines and geometric shapes, including rectangles and diagonal bands. The top half of the composition features horizontal bands in bright blue, warm yellow, and muted grey. The lower half shows angled bands in deep purple, rich green, earthy olive, and beige.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vincent Melzac [1914-1989], Arlington, Virginia; gift December 1970 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1971

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Vincent Melzac Collection: Modernist American Art Featuring New York Abstract Expressionism and Washington Color Painting. Washington, 1971: no. 20, repro. 58.

Inscriptions

center reverse: "SWIM" / Jack Bush - Toronto / July 1967 / Acrylic Polymer W.B.

Wikidata ID

Q46638516

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