Four Suns in Space
Year 1971
Artist Vance Kirkland (1904–1981, American)
Media oil on linen
Dimensions 75 x 139 inches
V. Dot Paintings; B. “Energy of Vibrations in Space” (Open Suns Series)
Kirkland dedicated this painting to Hans Bethe, a German-American nuclear physicist who made important contributions to astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, and won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. |
ON VIEW in Promenade Gallery 2; the focal point at the end of the Promenade on the Studio wall
Signature Signed "Kirkland 1971 (13)" lower right corner
Credit Line Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
Accession Number VK1971.13