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Estuary
Estuary

Estuary

Artist Willy Heeks American, born 1951
Date1991
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions73 x 63 in. (185.4 x 160 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Tom and Charlotte Newby
Object number2010.5.2
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1991; collection of the artist; [David Beitzel Gallery, New York]; Thomas A. Newby Jr., Chapel Hill, NC, 1991; given to NCMA, 2009.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, David Beitzel Gallery, "New Work," July-August 1991.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Boldly Stated: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Tom and Charlotte Newby," October 10-December 8, 1999.
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