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Carlo Vitale
Chromatic Scales1978–1986

Not on view
Vertical abstract painting densely covered in stippled dots and looping lines in yellow, cobalt blue, crimson red, and orange, with swirling gestural marks layered over patchwork color fields

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo by Tim Thayer

Artist or Maker
Carlo Vitale
United States, 1956, active Detroit
Title
Chromatic Scales
Date Made
1978–1986
Medium
Oil paint, collage, oil stick, and pencil on canvas
Dimensions
72 × 51 1/2 × 2 in. (182.88 × 130.81 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Burton Aaron
Accession Number
M.2025.201.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Carlo Vitale, photo by Tim Thayer