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Fishes, Wishes and Star Apple Blue

Artist
Sir Frank Bowling, English (born Guyana), born 1936
Date
1992
Material
Acrylic on canvas
made in
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Paintings
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
39 1/2 × 40 in. (100.3 × 101.6 cm)
framed: 39 1/4 × 40 5/16 in. (99.7 × 102.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie
Rights
© Frank Bowling
Object Number
187:2017
NOTES
Sir Frank Bowling worked the surface of this canvas with clear acrylic gel, using a spatula or palette knife to mix in pearlescent pigments and bright colors. During a decade living in New York in the 1960s, Bowling acquired Abstract Expressionists’ fondness for creative and experimental paint application techniques. In the title "Fishes, Wishes and Star Apple Blue," Bowling referenced the deep indigo color of the star apple, a fruit native to the Caribbean region, and his childhood in Guyana.
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