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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation.
Night Window
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation.
Contact us at copyright@samuseum.org for rights and reproduction of this image. © Merlin James

Night Window

Artist Merlin James (Welsh, born 1960)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Date2017-2018
MediumAcrylic and mixed materials
Dimensionsheight: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
width: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation
Object number2021.23.2
Copyright© Merlin James
DescriptionPainting in earthy brown, black, and red tones with areas of white highlights. A small yellow-organge form with three points is at center on the horizon line and a mirrored image below executed with quick dashes of pigment.ProvenanceAlex Katz Foundation, New York; by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021Published References"Merlin James," Dublin, New York, Bologna: Kerlin Gallery, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., and P420, 2023, p.355.
Not on view
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