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Lewis Kesling
Vintage Abstract -- "Z" for Znta

1983

$7,500
£5,579.39
€6,541.40
CA$10,489.70
A$11,712.06
CHF 6,145.19
MX$144,547.52
NOK 77,245.86
SEK 72,277.20
DKK 48,799.95
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Gorgeous pastel hued graphic-linear abstract intermittent with "Zs" and the word "Znta" by artist Lewis Kesling (American, 1930-2003). 1983. Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in wooden frame. Image size: 40"H x 30"W. Kesling was from Hollidays Cove, West Virginia then moved to Monterey, California. He is known for his abstracts and has works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. "My paintings are a physical manifestation of my exploration of the endless sea of self. Our short visit here in the vastness of all time passes swiftly and there is little of it to spend looking back or stopping to survey what has been and is now gone. I do not know if there will ever be an endpoint when I might be able to look back, nor am I concerned with the end. Death and finality have already come to many who still walk the shore, afraid to sail that sea of self, fearing an end when actually the shore is the end and the sea the beginning." [Kesling, in "Nine West Virginians" 1963, The West Virginia Centennial Exhibition, Published by the Art Workshops Corporation of West VA.]
  • Creator:
    Lewis Kesling (1930 - 2003, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1983
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 42 in (106.68 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JT-D27371stDibs: LU5427715022

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