The Sea

Balcomb Greene

1959

  • Titles The Sea (Proper)
  • Artist Balcomb Greene, American, 1904 - 1990
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 48 1/4 × 60 in. (122.6 × 152.4 cm) frame: 49 5/8 × 61 5/16 × 1 1/2 in. (126 × 155.7 × 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier, AFI.31.2006
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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