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Visual Choir of Light

1970

James Phillips

Associated Names

James Phillips

Artist, American, born 1945

The image shows a series of colorful triangular shapes in a grid format. The triangles form smaller squares, with an inner section of densely packed triangles in various colors. Circular shapes are also present at the lower end of the central section.

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Artwork overview

Medium

acrylic on canvas
Credit Line

Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
Dimensions

overall: 243.84 × 121.92 cm (96 × 48 in.)
Accession Number

2023.145.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Melvin Homes [1944-2014], San Francisco; (Tyler Fine Art, St. Louis); Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, GA; gift 2023 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2025. no catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower left: Phillips

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