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Lowell Nesbitt
"Shadow Iris" Oil on Canvas 24x24" dark grays, violet and plum color tones

1982

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Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created his first large scale, realist, flower painting at the suggestion of friend and founding Pop artist, Robert Indiana. that Nesbitt began his journey to become one of America’s most financially and critically successful artists. Throughout the 1960’s Nesbitt explored a wide range of subjects for his paintings including flowers, landscapes, architecture, animals and many others. In addition to his financial and critical success of the early to mid 1960s which included many important museum exhibitions and commissions, it was the late 1960s and onward that brought Nesbitt’s career to the next level. NASA commissioned him to create paintings of the moon based on two Apollo moon missions. and later he became the official artist for the United States Department of Interior and the United States Navy. Nesbitt was also commissioned to create four flower paintings that were used as postage stamps by the United States Postal Service. This oil on Canvas painting titled "Shadow Iris" was painted in 1982. Nesbitt painted this with a dark gray, violet, lavender and plum color palette.. He was creating an image that would be dark and very subtle with a violet, plum and lavender feel to the iris. Nesbitt created several original one of a kind oil paintings with this subtle dark color palette during his career, sometimes calling them night or nocturnal flowers. Canvas size is 22x22" framed size is 24x24. Oil on canvas.
  • Creator:
    Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1982
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Southampton, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU208211635332
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