View from a Plane

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Andy Warhol

Associated Names
Andy Warhol

Artist, American, 1928 - 1987

The image shows an aerial perspective with a portion of an aircraft visible on the right. The landscape below has a winding river or waterway running through marshy land with small islands. The horizon is high in the composition, showing distant land meeting the sky. A small boat is visible in the water, creating a trail as it moves. The scene is in black-and-white, with shades of gray emphasizing textures and transitions between water and land. The tones give a vintage feel, highlighting the serene and expansive nature of the scene as the boat's wake creates patterns on the water's surface.
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Provenance

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008; acquired by NGA, 2016.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., center right Foundation stamp in blue ink: AUTHORIZED BY THE / ANDY WARHOL / A / W / FOUNDATION / FOR THE VISUAL ARTS; center right oval estate stamp in blue ink: THE ESTATE / OF / ANDY WARHOL; across bottom in graphite: FL15.00162; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: BH

Wikidata ID

Q64074848

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