
Giving Birth Astride a Grave
Catalogue
- Year
- 1973
- Dimensions
- 6' 1/4" x 48 1/4" (183.5 x 122.7 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Frank Bowling
Artist

Painting
Frank Bowling is a British painter born in 1934 whose abstract work emerged from the postwar generation's engagement with color, gesture, and materiality. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, he developed a practice centered on the expressive possibilities of paint itself, often incorporating unconventional materials and techniques. His work bridges geometric and gestural abstraction, with particular attention to spatial depth and chromatic relationships.
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1984 · Acrylic paint, oil paint, acrylic gel, damar, beeswax, chalk, metallic pigments, acrylic foam, shells and plastic toys o
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1968 · Oil paint on canvas
Raining Down South
1968 · Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Record
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- Frank Bowling
- Year
- 1973
- Dimensions
- 6' 1/4" x 48 1/4" (183.5 x 122.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1973-M068679
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





