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Abraham Joel Tobias
Whirling Forms1935

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Abstract painting on a shaped canvas with a large purple spiral form coiling over a narrow vertical rectangle on a slate gray ground
Artist or Maker
Abraham Joel Tobias
United States, 1913-1996
Title
Whirling Forms
Date Made
1935
Medium
Oil on canvas over plywood, and painted plywood
Dimensions
65 1/4 × 36 × 2 3/8 in. (165.74 × 91.44 × 6.03 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Carolyn Tobias Estate
Accession Number
M.2016.246
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Copyright
© Abraham Joel Tobias Estate