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Robert Claverhouse Graham, Jr.

American

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A red house and green trees are painted in simplified forms and shapes against a black background in this abstracted, vertical painting. Painted in blocks of tomato or garnet red, the house is tall and has a chimney at the center. A gray, S-shaped line suggests a tree trunk to the left, and strokes and bands of green create tree canopies and grass. A red shape in the sky over the house loosely resembles a flag rippling to our left. The artist signed the lower right corner, “BLMER” with the letters conjoined.
Oscar F. Bluemner, Imagination, 1932, casein and watercolor on paper, mounted to paperboard, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Cowen and the William A. Clark Fund), 2015.19.161

Imagination

Oscar F. Bluemner · 1932 · casein and watercolor on paper, mounted to paperboard ·  Accession ID  2015.19.161