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Luna Park

The full moon casts a beam of light across an expansive body of water. Dark shapes in the foreground—two spindly trees intersected by a crossbar and slanted bank—frame the scene and divide it into six panes. Pale gray sky and gray-blue water bleed into each other at the horizon line.

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  • The full moon casts a beam of light across an expansive body of water. Dark shapes in the foreground—two spindly trees intersected by a crossbar and slanted bank—frame the scene and divide it into six panes. Pale gray sky and gray-blue water bleed into each other at the horizon line.

Date:

1960

Artist:

Alex Katz
American, born 1927

About this artwork

Status

On View, Research Center Franke Reading Room

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Alex Katz

Title

Luna Park

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1960

Medium

Oil on board

Inscriptions

Signed "Alex Katz" lower right

Dimensions

101.6 × 762 cm (40 × 30 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Reference Number

2020.254

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