Cadmium Scarlet on Cerulean, No. 8 (Geometric Abstraction), Painting, dated 1968 25367 and graphite on heavy rag

and graphite on heavy rag paper

Composition depicting brightly colored masks rendered in a geometric style

with paper cutouts depicting both traditional and simplified Chinese characters

Colorado artist Rita Derjue (1934-2020)

Cadmium Scarlet on Cerulean, No. 8 (Geometric Abstraction), Painting, dated 1968 25367 and graphite on heavy ragCadmium Scarlet on Cerulean, #8, original painting by artist Vance Hall Kirkland (1904 1981) from his Energy in Space Abstractions. In this series, Kirkland applied dozens of individual dots to create the illusion of energy vibrating in space. This particular work is especially distinctive, as Kirkland intended it to be displayed in a diamond orientation, rather than the conventional square. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist and dated, 1968, lower