Australia

Artist Sherry Cromwell-Lacy (American, born 1942)

Date2018

MediumAcrylic and graphite on Arches paper

DimensionsImage: 4 × 14 7/16 inches (10.16 × 36.67 cm)
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 15 1/8 inches (14.29 × 38.42 cm)
Framed: 8 1/8 × 17 7/8 inches (20.64 × 45.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hugh J. Merrill, Rebecca A. Merrill, and Emmett Merrill

Object number2019.9.2

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DescriptionAustralia is small work on paper arranged in a triptych composition—three identically sized painted squares on a single sheet of paper. Each square is filled with richly hued, layered, gestural abstract marks in rust red, pale orange, periwinkle blue, neon yellow, pinks, gray, black, and white.Provenance

Provenance

Acquired from the artist through exchange by Hugh Merrill, 2018-2019;

His gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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