Out of the Blue
Object Details
- Author
- Howard Mehring
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 64 3/4 × 58 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (164.5 × 149.2 × 3.8 cm)
- Caption
- This dark blue and black stain painting explores spatial ambiguity, an enduring interest of Washington Color School painter Howard Mehring. He achieves a marbled effect by alternately applying and blotting daubs of paint, creating a nearly uniform “all-over” pattern of color across the canvas. The title, “Out of the Blue,” signals Mehring’s attention to the relationship between space and color.
- Accession Number
- 2014.0025.0003
- Type
- painting
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- acm_2014.0025.0003
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