Low Tide
1950 · Casein and ink on paper
22 1/2 x 31" (57.3 x 78.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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William Kienbusch
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The Art of Assemblage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961
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Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
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William Kienbusch was an American painter working in oil and watercolor who developed a modernist approach to landscape centered on the Maine coast. His paintings of rocky shorelines and New England architectural forms employ geometric structure and restrained color in a manner that aligns with mid-century abstraction while maintaining representational clarity. Active from the 1930s through the 1970s, his practice emerged from sustained observation of the Atlantic seaboard's formal and material conditions.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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