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The Encounter
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The Encounter

Artist Fred Becker (American, 1913 - 2004)
Date1956
MediumColor woodcut
DimensionsOverall: 35 3/4 × 47 7/8 inches (90.81 × 121.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Sixth Mid-America Annual Exhibition
Object number56-61
SignedMargin: "The Encounter Fred Becker"
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DescriptionSeveral jagged black-rimmed white forms irregularly streaked with brown contend against barogue shuffle of red, black, grey, and brown planes, some of them overlaid with black lines.
Copyright© Estate of Frederick Gerhard Becker
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