Spring

1993

Elie Abrahami

Artist, Iranian, born 1941

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on heavy wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of George and Janet Jaffin

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 56.7 x 46.4 cm (22 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.8.1

More About this Artwork

Verdant green fields roll in undulating waves back alongside a road in this horizontal landscape painting. The fields take up the left and center of the composition and are painted with thick, curling strokes of emerald, pea, and celery green, and corn yellow to suggest grasses and plants. The pale green road runs up along the right edge of the painting, and is layered with strokes and daubs in butter yellow, spring green, and faint blue. The fields and road meet the horizon line about halfway up the canvas, where an aquamarine-blue sky swirling with white and periwinkle-blue clouds fills the top half of the painting.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acuired 1993 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center verso in black ink: ELIE. ABRAHAMI / 1993 / "SPRING" (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q64558332

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