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

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

Year 1978

Artist Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Media oil paint & water with gold on linen

Dimensions 75 x 100 inches

V. Dot Paintings; D. “Energy of Explosions in Space”

ON VIEW in Vance Kirkland Gallery 1

Signature Signed "Kirkland 1978 (10)" lower right corner

Credit Line Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art

Accession Number VK1978.10

Other V. The Dot Paintings works

Fourteen Orange Suns in Grey Space

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Fourteen Orange Suns in Grey Space

Red on Blue

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

Red on Blue

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

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.

Four Suns in Space

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Four Suns in Space

Painting No. 21, 1963

Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)

Painting No. 21, 1963

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Blue Space

Vance Kirkland (1904-1981, American)

The Illusion of Floating Mysteries in Blue 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

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