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The Great Golden Cloud
The Great Golden Cloud

The Great Golden Cloud

William Christopher (American, 1924–1973)
1961
Medium/TechniqueCasein tempera, gold leaf and magazine print on gessoed masonite panel
Dimensions88.9 x 94 cm (35 x 37 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving R. Shapiro
Accession number63.279
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mr. and Mrs. Irving R. Shapiro, Boston, 1961; to MFA, Boston, 1963
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