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Scarlet-red dashes create loose vertical lines against a bright white background that fill this vertical abstract painting. Most of the dashes are vertical but some slant at an angle. The artist signed and dated the work with white paint in the lower right corner, “AWT 73.”

Alma Thomas

Red Rose Cantata, 1973

Not on View

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 175.3 x 127 cm (69 x 50 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Melzac

Accession Number

1976.6.1

Artists / Makers

Alma Thomas (artist) American, 1891 - 1978

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Inscription

lower right: AWT 73

Provenance

Vincent Melzac [1914-1989], Falls Church, Virginia; gift 1976 to NGA.

Associated Names

Melzac, Vincent

Exhibition History

1975: Alma W. Thomas: Recent Paintings, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 5, repro.

2014: Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 248, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 367, repro.