Giving Birth Astride a Grave

Giving Birth Astride a Grave

Frank BowlingWW-1973-M068679
1973·Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas·6' 1/4" x 48 1/4" (183.5 x 122.7 cm)

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Year
1973
Dimensions
6' 1/4" x 48 1/4" (183.5 x 122.7 cm)

Artist

Frank Bowling
Frank Bowling

Painting

Frank Bowling is a British painter born in 1934 whose abstract work emerged from the postwar generation's engagement with color, gesture, and materiality. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, he developed a practice centered on the expressive possibilities of paint itself, often incorporating unconventional materials and techniques. His work bridges geometric and gestural abstraction, with particular attention to spatial depth and chromatic relationships.

Bartica, Guyana

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Year
1973
Dimensions
6' 1/4" x 48 1/4" (183.5 x 122.7 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1973-M068679

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Frank Bowling

Frank Bowling

Painting

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