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Art Work > Paintings > 1960s > Blue Bend

Square canvas with two shapes cutout to fit into each other perfectly, the black shape on the left protruded into the bottom half of the quare and the blue shape comes in from the top right, creating an S shape.

Blue Bend, 1961

Oil on canvas
44 x 44 in. / 111.8 x 111.8 cm.

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