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Robert Colescott
Still Afloat1987

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Oil painting of a small figure with outstretched arms swimming in a vast expanse of swirling blue water, rendered in loose, thick brushwork
Artist or Maker
Robert Colescott
United States, California, Oakland, 1925-2009
Title
Still Afloat
Date Made
1987
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
14 x 16 in. (35.56 x 40.64 cm); Framed: 15 1/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (38.42 x 44.45 x 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Donna Polichar
Accession Number
M.2008.280.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York