Ogam Movement
Artist
William Lumpkins
(American, 1909 - 2000)
Date1980
Mediumwatercolor on paper
DimensionsSupport: 17 1/2 x 23 1/8 in. (44.5 x 58.7 cm)
Frame: 28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (72.4 x 85.1 cm)
Frame: 28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (72.4 x 85.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Norma Lumpkins, the William Lumpkins Estate and Peyton Wright Gallery, 2009
Object number2009.47
DescriptionAbstract modern painting in shades of red, pink, yellow, gray, black, blue and lime green; crisp powerful series of three, four and five concise, curvilinear brushstrokes; these appear against geometric rectangles, boxes and parallelograms; there is a harmonious effect similar to stylized representations of the ancient "Ogam/Ogham" pagan religion and runic alphabets from 4th Century AD, Ireland.Text Entries
First Deed of Gift (signed by Norma Lumpkins on 12/23/09) is not vaild. She was not the legal owner at the time. She had signed over all the artwork to the Trust by that date. Thomas Popejoy's signature is the legal signature which transfers ownership in 2010 not 2009. IRS form 8283 is signed with that date.
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