A 1985 large acrylic on canvas painting by the American artist Robert Berkshire  (1932-2010). Titled Flight Over Egypt, this predominantly black painting is accented with colorful pops of red, green, blue, and yellow. Signed, titled, and dated verso, the painting is displayed in a black wooden frame.

Robert Berkshire, an Abstract Expressionist painter, was a scholarship student at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis where he later became an art professor. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and graduated with his master's degree in Fine Arts from Florida State University in 1958. Berkshire had a profound impact on the Indiana art community and is one of Indianapolis' most well-known painters. The Robert B. Berkshire Gallery at Herron School of Art and Design was named in his honor. 

Measurements:

75.5” W x 59.75” H x 1.5” D (frame).

Condition notes:

Wear to top left corner of canvas. Canvas has been repaired at top center and bottom center. Chip to impasto paint. Other signs of age appropriate wear. 

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