A masterful mid-century work, this painting captures the pivotal moment American abstraction split between the emotional sublime of the Color Field painters and the cool logic of hard-edge geometry.
This powerful painting establishes a dramatic metaphysical landscape, pitting a deep celestial void against a vibrant, terrestrial world of form. The top of the canvas is a vast, brooding field of blue, its heavily textured and expressive brushwork evoking the raw emotion of Abstract Expressionism. Below this atmospheric expanse, a dynamic arrangement of crisp, hard-edged biomorphic and geometric shapes interlocks in a palette of orange, yellow, and green. It's a work that explores the profound tension between the spiritual and the material, capturing the very soul of the post-war search for meaning in abstract form.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: None
Condition: The artwork is in very good condition, with stable paint and minor age-related toning. The canvas exhibits intentional, uneven 'deckled' edges, characteristic of the artist's process. It is presented unframed on its original wooden stretcher.
