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David Alfred Vaughan
Grim Precisioncirca 1940

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Oil painting of two helmeted figures holding binoculars, peering over a dark ledge, rendered in geometric forms in copper, olive green, and salmon tones
Oil painting, close-up of a figure holding black binoculars with teal-tinted lenses up to their face, rendered in simplified, semi-abstract forms with muted brown, gray, and green tones and visible brushwork.
Oil painting, close-up view of a figure holding dark binoculars up to their face, the lenses rendered in deep grey-green against warm flesh tones, with broad expressive brushwork and muted grey-green background.
Artist or Maker
David Alfred Vaughan
United States, 1893-1975
Title
Grim Precision
Date Made
circa 1940
Medium
Oil on Masonite
Dimensions
25 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (65.41 x 70.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of David and Linda Vaughan
Accession Number
M.2011.176
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art