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LOUIS SLOAN (1932 - 2008) The Red Sea.
Oil on linen canvas, circa 1971-74. 1219x1254 mm; 48x60 inches.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection, AZ, thence by descent private collection, AZ.
The Red Sea is a monumental landscape by Louis B. Sloan that is inspired by the crossing of the Red Sea, an episode in the biblical narrative of The Exodus. Here, Sloan uses a variety of brushwork, drips, and splatter in a plethora of greys, white and blue to compose mountain-like waves and a shadow of figures crossing the Red Sea. The power and drama of the painting are akin to 19th Century depictions of the biblical event. Sloan is best known for his plein air landscape painting with similar dramatic depictions of natural phenomena, including his well known Gathering Storm Over Philadelphia, circa 1961, in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
