Museum object · Visual Arts
Woodland Pool
ca. 1970
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
An oil painting depicting an abstract woodland landscape in dark tones of black, blue, red, and brown around the edges and lighter tones at the center. The painting is brightest at top center where geometric shapes in light yellows and greens form the woodland, with bits of bright blue sky visible between the dark trees. These shapes in slightly muted colors are reflected in an oval pool in the center foreground. At bottom right in red paint is the artist’s signature: [Edw Loper].
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Catalog reference: 2024.70.7
