Number 4 - 1960
Gift of Charlotte Park Brooks, 1991
Catalogue
- Year
- 1960
- Medium
- Oil paint on paper
- Dimensions
- 21 in. × 14 15/16 in. (53.3 × 37.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- James Brooks
Artist
Printmaking
James Brooks was an American abstract painter associated with postwar Color Field painting. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a distinctive approach to gestural abstraction that emphasized luminous color relationships and spontaneous mark-making. His practice evolved through the 1950s and 1960s as he refined a visual vocabulary of organic, flowing forms set against expansive grounds. Brooks' work remains central to mid-century American abstraction.
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Record
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- James Brooks
- Year
- 1960
- Medium
- Oil paint on paper
- Dimensions
- 21 in. × 14 15/16 in. (53.3 × 37.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1960-322458
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified