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Artist William Ivey

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions17 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 1 in. (45.1 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection

A singular West coast artist, through his unusual approach of color and light, Ivey may best be called an abstract luminist. In the evolution of his personal brand of abstract expressionism, Ivey's style was synthesized from study with Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko in the late 1940's.