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Explosions on a Sun 70 Billion Light Years from Earth

Explosions on a Sun 70 Billion Light Years from Earth

Year 1979

Artist Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Media oil paint & water on linen

Dimensions 55 x 66 inches

V. Dot Paintings; F. “Energy of Forms in Space”. Dedicated to Gio Ponti, who died that year.

Not currently on view

Signature Signed "Kirkland 1979 (25)" lower right corner

Credit Line Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art

Accession Number VK1979.25

Other V. The Dot Paintings works

Forces of Energy on a Sun 27 Billion Light Years from Earth

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Forces of Energy on a Sun 27 Billion Light Years from Earth

Red Vibrations in Cool Space

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Red Vibrations in Cool Space

Explosions of Energy near Mars 10 Billion Years B.C.

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Explosions of Energy near Mars 10 Billion Years B.C.

Forces of Energy on a Sun 30 Billion Light Years from Earth

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Forces of Energy on a Sun 30 Billion Light Years from Earth

Painting No. 21, 1963

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Painting No. 21, 1963

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Red Space

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Red Space

Explosions on a Sun 80 Billion Light Years from Earth

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Explosions on a Sun 80 Billion Light Years from Earth

Forces of Energy from a Sun in the Open Star Cluster K 1

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Forces of Energy from a Sun in the Open Star Cluster K 1

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