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UNITED STATES · 1996

Prelude 16

Stan Brakhage
European Art Cinema abstract expressionism gestural mark-making color field light and darkness printmaking technique
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Synopsis

Singly-printed criss-crosses of molten "brush"-(hard-edge)-strokes of black over pebbled yellow, ending finally on an intermix of all intertwined forms with increasing lightness/whiteness.

Year1996
CountryUnited States
DirectorStan Brakhage
MovementEuropean Art Cinema
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