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Carl MorrisWW-1962-057434

1962·Color lithograph on natural Nacre paper·Image/sheet: 56.8 × 76.6 cm (22 3/8 × 30 3/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1962
Medium: Color lithograph on natural Nacre paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 56.8 × 76.6 cm (22 3/8 × 30 3/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Carl Morris

Artist

Carl Morris

Printmaking

Carl Morris was an American abstract painter active from the 1940s onward, working primarily in oil and acrylic to develop a gestural, color-saturated vocabulary rooted in postwar abstraction. His compositions balance spontaneity with structured formal arrangement, employing bold brushwork and layered pigment to create spatial depth across the canvas.

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