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The Gordale Scar

1987-1988
20th century
68 5/8 in. x 86 5/8 in. (174.31 cm x 220.03 cm)

Karl Weschke (aka Karl Martin Wechke), German, (active 1925–2005)

Object Type: painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Accession Number: 1993.097

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Landscape of predominately vertical cliffs with water flowing through a passage between the cliffs into a larger body of water that is in the lower foreground. Large areas of transparent washes of yellow green to green to grey green. The large areas are divided by predominately vertical lines and there is a repetitive rhythm of short, arched horizontal lines. The focal point is the pink sky or atmosphere that is flanked by the two sides of the cliff and the water flowing into the foreground.

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