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Winter Birds - In Memoriam

1964

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names

Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

The image shows intersecting lines and overlapping shapes on a textured surface. In the top left corner, a red shape resembling a bird perches on a wire. Darker, angular shapes are present below, while smaller scattered shapes suggest birds in flight. The overall appearance is an abstract composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

6-color lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1980.45.1380
Catalogue Raisonné

Fine/Looney 1986, no. 475

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

Q65566225

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