Sea Play
1958
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 90.2 x 106.7 cm (35 1/2 x 42 in.) framed: 97.5 x 114 x 4.4 cm (38 3/8 x 44 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Aaron I. Fleischman
Accession Number
1997.113.1
Art Historical Context
**Sea Play**, created by Jack Tworkov 1958, is a vibrant oil on canvas painting 90.2 x 106.7 cm, now housed in the National Gallery of Art as a generous gift from Aaron I.man. Tworkov, a key figure in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, captured the exuberant energy of post-World War II American art during a time when artists sought emotional depth through bold, spontaneous gestures rather than literal representation. Tworkov's style evolved in the 1950s toward dynamic, interlocking forms and rhythmic brushstrokes, evoking the fluidity of the sea suggested by the title. As a second...