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Melville Price
Dynamics of a Head1947

Not on view
Vertical abstract painting with interlocking curved planes of terracotta, slate blue, olive green, and brown forming a face-like oval, on a lemon-yellow ground, signed 1947

Melville Price, Dynamics of a Head, 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Melville Price
United States, 1920-1970
Title
Dynamics of a Head
Date Made
1947
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 11 3/4 in. (40.64 × 29.85 cm) Image: 16 × 11 3/4 in. (40.64 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie
Accession Number
M.2006.73.60
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© The Estate of Melville Price