Walter Murch

Melon
1962

A painting of a single yellow-green lemon with a textured surface, set against a mottled blue and brown background that suggests age or antiquity. The lemon casts a soft shadow beneath it, and the artwork has a rough, unfinished border with visible paper edges.

A painting of a single yellow-green lemon with a textured surface, set against a mottled blue and brown background that suggests age or antiquity. The lemon casts a soft shadow beneath it, and the artwork has a rough, unfinished border with visible paper edges.

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Date
1962

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 3/4 × 15 3/8in. (47.6 × 39.1 cm)

Accession number
77.1.36

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Lawrence H. Bloedel Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Walter Murch
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