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Susan Rankaitis
Black Wave1987

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Vertical abstract oil painting with fragmented angular forms in raw sienna and jet black, with a sweeping gray arc and thin blue diagonal lines cutting through the composition

Susan Rankaitis, Black Wave, 1987, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Susan Rankaitis
United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, born 1949
Title
Black Wave
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1987
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Frame: 116 3/4 × 59 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (296.55 × 150.5 × 4.45 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
AC1993.150.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Susan Rankaitis