Walter Houmere

Prelude to Invasion
1943

A vibrant abstract painting with a complex composition of shapes and colors, including blues, oranges, and blacks, with various forms that suggest elements of cubism. The artwork is signed "Houmère '43" in the bottom left corner.

A vibrant abstract painting with a complex composition of shapes and colors, including blues, oranges, and blacks, with various forms that suggest elements of cubism. The artwork is signed "Houmère '43" in the bottom left corner.

Not on view

Date
1943

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and ink on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 24 × 29 15/16in. (61 × 76 cm)

Accession number
45.5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Walter Houmere
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