Memory of Recent Space Travel, No. 3 (Open Mysteries Series), Painting, dated 1973 28319 Provenance: Private Collection

Provenance: Private Collection

Abstract composition in bright colors of fuschia

Pencil and crayon on paper

Each measures 32 x 7 ¼ x 17 ¼ inches

Memory of Recent Space Travel, No. 3 (Open Mysteries Series), Painting, dated 1973 28319 Provenance: Private CollectionMemory of Recent Space Travel No. 3, original painting by artist Vance Hall Kirkland (1904 1981), from his Open Mysteries series. For this group of 18 paintings, Kirkland left the oil paint and water patterns partially uncovered by dots, creating the sensation that one could drop through the composition's "openings" into chasms and galaxies formed entirely of paint and water. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist and dated, 1973, lower right; Titled