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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