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Anabasis

1957

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names

Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

The image features figures and horses outlined with fluid, curving lines. In the center, there are shapes suggesting knights or warriors on horseback. On the left, there are angular and layered shapes. To the right, there are swirling lines and circular forms resembling a sun. The overall composition is abstract.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in yellow and ochre [trial proof]
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1963.11.209
Catalogue Raisonné

Fine/Looney 1986, no. 391, State (trial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

Fine, Ruth and Robert F. Looney. The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1986.

Wikidata ID

Q65507716

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