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Art Work > Paintings > 1950s > Kanawa

Circular 'tondo' canvas two shapes come into frame a larger grey one from the top and smaller bright red shape from the bottom left. Leaving the center background black.

Kanawa, 1956

Oil on canvas
41 in. / 104.1 cm. (diameter)

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