Sasson Soffer

The First Moment

1961

Dark blue abstract painting with overlapping curved shapes and subtle green highlights.
Dark blue abstract painting with overlapping curved shapes and subtle green highlights.

Sasson Soffer, The First Moment, 1961. Encaustic on composition board, overall: 48 × 96 in. (121.9 × 243.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Ford Foundation Purchase Program 62.13

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Not on view

Date
1961

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Encaustic on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 96 in. (121.9 × 243.8 cm)

Accession number
62.13

Credit line
Gift of the Ford Foundation Purchase Program

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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