Two Pines #2, 1964, Oil on canvas, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of David C. and Thelma G. Driskell, 2000.203

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Two Pines #2 was painted in 1964. It is oil on canvas. It is in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. It was a gift of David C. and Thelma G. Driskell. The accession number is 2000.203

This is a vertical oil painting on canvas called Two Pines #2. Behind a sky-blue backdrop, two pine trees are deconstructed into small pieces that stretch out at different angles. Around the outside of the painting are right-angled lines painted in brown and white. It seemingly creates a frame within a frame. From the top, there are blocks and thick lines in dark and light greens. Some jut out, and others are painted in thinner lines to look like pine needles. In the middle, there are bright accents of red that seem to pop out from the background. Toward the bottom, the painting is less dense, and there are more individual lines and shades of yellow, orange, and purple.

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