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Waves (Roller Coaster)

Artist Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906 - 1996)
Date1957
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 39 1/2 inches (100.33 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation-Trust
Object numberF99-25
Signedverso, in pencil, at top of canvas in uppercase letters: LEON POLK SMITH
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DescriptionCircular canvas with black and red, hard-edge, organic, interlocking shapes reminiscent of the yin-yang symbol. Red shape at left, black at right.
CopyrightThis work is copyrighted. Contact VAGA, New York, New York
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