Harold Weston

Tensions
1960

A vibrant abstract painting with a complex network of intertwining lines and shapes in shades of blue, red, and brown, highlighted with thin outlines of bright turquoise. The composition gives the impression of dynamic movement and fluidity, as if capturing the organic forms of a natural landscape or the swirling patterns of a dream.
A vibrant abstract painting with a complex network of intertwining lines and shapes in shades of blue, red, and brown, highlighted with thin outlines of bright turquoise. The composition gives the impression of dynamic movement and fluidity, as if capturing the organic forms of a natural landscape or the swirling patterns of a dream.

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Date
1960

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 36 3/16 × 47 15/16in. (91.9 × 121.8 cm)

Accession number
61.27

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the National Council on the Arts and Government, and friends of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Harold Weston
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