Wilson Hurley (American, 1924-2008). Mauve Sunset on the Coast of Sabah, 1976. Oil on canvas. 32 x 48 inches (81.3 x 121...

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Wilson Hurley (American, 1924-2008)
Mauve Sunset on the Coast of Sabah, 1976
Oil on canvas
32 x 48 inches (81.3 x 121.9 cm)
Signed lower left: Wilson Hurley

PROVENANCE:
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Oklahoma City Gallery;
Private collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, acquired from the above, 1993.

"All one has to do is experience one of these sunsets to realize that anything is possible in nature with light. Of course, the camera can catch the actual wave lengths, but, as usual, we had no camera with us the instant the whole world turned lavender. The camera would show a bright purple, where the eye, saturated with color, mutes it and adds almost a fluorescence to the emerald green of the foliage. I wrote down what I saw in words and drew an ink sketch of the cumulus clouds on the South China Sea with their tips combed flat by an upper wind from the east. Sometime we want to go back to Borneo and see this again, if it happens again."
- Wilson Hurley

The present work is included in the Wilson Hurley digital collections/online Catalogue Raisonné, listed as cat. no. 76-28.


More information about Wilson Hurley. See also: Hurley, Wilson Artist.

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