C. 1960s Psychedelic Twelve Foot Lonng Diptych Abstract Shaped Canvas Painting

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A mural sized (12 foot long) allegorical diptych from a Western Massachusetts estate. According to the family, the artist attended … Read more A mural sized (12 foot long) allegorical diptych from a Western Massachusetts estate. According to the family, the artist attended the Brooklyn Museum Art School and received his MFA from UMass. His career lasted only until his mid 30s when he gave up art, becoming a custom home builder to support his growing family. He was heavily influenced by both African (Chokwe) and Persian textile art and traveled in those regions throughout his 20s collecting extensively. He collaborated with the artist Joe Barnes on a commissioned mosaic mural for the Mt. Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, exhibited in the late 1950s and early 60s at the Silvermine Arts Center in Norwalk, CT, and taught in the art department at VCU from 1968-70.

One section of this shaped canvas measures 63.5" long, the other section measures 81 5/8" long. Can be hung with some separation between the paintings, or bolted together from the back. There is no frame section where the two canvases meet. We have hung without bolting the canvases together (see final image), but if bolted together, the seam between the two pieces would appear much tighter. Original bolts included. See less