
Sails and Gulls
Year 1951
Artist J. Richard Sorby (1911–2001, American)
Media casein tempera on board
Dimensions 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
Sorby taught at the University of Denver, School of Art, and was an original member of the 15 Colorado Artists, with Vance Kirkland, who split from the Denver Artists’ Guild in 1948 in pursuit of a more progressive modern art agenda.
ON VIEW in Modern Gallery 7
Signature signed "Sorby '51" lower right corner
Credit Line Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
Accession Number 2016.22.001