Sea Play

1958

Jack Tworkov

Associated Names
Jack Tworkov

Painter, American, born Poland, 1900 - 1982

The image displays a mix of angular and curving lines intersecting across the canvas to create vertical and diagonal shapes. It features a variety of colors, including red-orange, green, brown, gray, and blue. The composition may evoke tree trunks or a cliff edge, but its abstract nature encourages viewers to interpret the interplay of color and shape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Aaron I. Fleischman

  • Dimensions

    overall: 90.2 x 106.7 cm (35 1/2 x 42 in.)
    framed: 97.5 x 114 x 4.4 cm (38 3/8 x 44 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.113.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Abe Adler, Los Angeles; (B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago); Kim Cook Anderson, Grosse Point, Michigan; Brett Mitchell, Cleveland; private collection, Los Angeles; (B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, and Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles); Aaron I. Fleischman, Washington, D.C.; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Jack Tworkov: Paintings, 1928-1982, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1987, no. 33, repro.

Inscriptions

upper right reverse: tworkov / 58; upper left reverse: 42 x 35 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q20195071

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