Franklin Williams

American, b. 1940

Untitled
1980

Acrylic on paper
29.875 x 37.875 x 2.375 in.
Gift of Robert and Laura Lewis
1991.37

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• biomorphic
• black
• blue
• circles
• cobble - A rock fragment, rounded or otherwise abraded, with a diameter between 64 and 256 mm, being larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder. The term can also refer more specifically to a rounded stone suitable for use in paving or other construction.
• green
• leaf
• peach - Various tones of pinkish yellow, referring to the color of the stain of the juice of the fruit of the peach, a low spreading tree of the rose family that is widely cultivated.
• pink
• red
• triangles

• Transcendence: Abstraction & Symbolism in the American West , 9/1/2015 - 12/10/2016