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Maker(s):Sagalyn, Avital
Culture:American, born Tel Aviv, Palestine (Israel) (1925-2020)
Title:Shells
Date Made:1970s
Type:Drawing
Materials:Gouache on paper
Measurements:Mat: 16 x 20 in; 40.6 x 50.8 cm; Sheet: 11 7/16 in x 14 1/8 in; 29.1 cm x 35.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  No inscriptions
Accession Number:  UM 2021.63
Credit Line:Gift of Avital Sagalyn
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Loose or impressionistic rendering of two shells (possibly of the Murex genus) in orange and wine colored pigments floating in the center of the paper side-by-side. The shells' spiny ends (or siphons) point up while their bodies (or whorls) point down. The right shell is slightly larger.

Tags:
animals; seas

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Sagalyn, Avital
American, born Tel Aviv, Palestine (Israel) (1925-2020)
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