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Object Name
Oil Painting - "Low Tide at Wellfleet"
Object Number
1973-15-4
Description
Oil painting - abstract rectangular forms in black, sage green, brown, orange, blue and grey paint. No frame. Edges are taped with black electric tape.
Comment
Abstract painter Robert Jay Wolff attended Yale before heading to Europe, where he studied sculpture and painting at the École des Beaux Arts. After achieving recognition for his bronze sculptures at the Chicago Art Institute, Wolff moved away from sculpture in 1936 and began his work in abstract painting. He started exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists the following year, and joined the art department at Brooklyn College. Wolff published two books on art and design, as well as three children’s books on color: Feeling Blue, Seeing Red, and Hello, Yellow!
Category
Communication Artifacts
Maker
Date Made
1970
Dimensions
24" x 24"
Materials
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Oil Painting - "Low Tide at Wellfleet"