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An abstract figure of a horse rendered in energetic brushstrokes and smudges of green, yellow, black, blue, and white. There are collages photographic images of a child and dog on the horse's head and figures in a landscape to the horse's right.
With the Wind
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

With the Wind

Artist William N. Schaaf (American, born 1944)
Date1984 - 1986
MediumMixed media on paper
Dimensions9 1/2 x 18 in. (24.1 x 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Rusty, Maggie and Brian Green
Object number1991.30
Collections
Visual DescriptionAn abstract figure of a horse rendered in energetic brushstrokes and smudges of green, yellow, black, blue, and white. There are collages photographic images of a child and dog on the horse's head and figures in a landscape to the horse's right.
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1966
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1965
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Lee R. Chesney II
1990
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1983
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Kim Hong-do 김홍도 金弘道
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1980
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Thomas Handforth
undated
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Sadao Watanabe 渡辺禎雄
1979
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