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Moon Shot

Lowell Nesbitt

Artwork Details

Moon Shot
1969
Lowell Nesbitt
screenprint on paper
22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in. (56 x 76 cm)
Gift of Reese and Marilyn Palley
1991/2.109.3

Description

Subject Matter:

Moon.

Physical Description:

The scene depicts a quarter section of the moon on the left side of the composition. The face of the moon is made up of swirling, circular shapes, with two lines that cut through vertically, and two shorter lines on the top left that cut through horizontally. The right side of the composition is solid black, and the details of the moon fade to black near the bottom.

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