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

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

Year 1978

Artist Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Media oil paint & water on linen

Dimensions 55 x 55 inches

V. Dot Paintings; D. “Energy of Explosions in Space”. Dedicated to Harry Bertoia, who died that year.

Not currently on view

Signature Signed "Kirkland 1978 (14)" lower right center

Accession Number VK1978.14

Other V. The Dot Paintings works

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

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

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Blue Space

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Blue Space

Red Vibrations in Cool Space

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Red Vibrations in Cool Space

The Energy of Explosions Twenty-Four Billion Years B.C.

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

The Energy of Explosions Twenty-Four Billion Years B.C.

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

The Energy of Explosions of the Sun Sixty Billion Years B.C.

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

The Energy of Explosions of the Sun Sixty Billion Years B.C.

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