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Morning Bush

Richard Mayhew · 1960

Catalog medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Accession: 62.10

Physical record

Scale without reproducing the image

Metric: 101.4 × 126.4 cm
Approx. imperial: 3 ft 3.9 in × 4 ft 1.8 in
Planar area (calculated): 1.28 m²
Width / 170 cm reference: 0.74×
Height / 170 cm reference: 0.6×

Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.

Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/external_link_only.

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Structured relationships

Process, material, form, ideas

Techniques

No structured techniques linked in the foundation corpus.

Materials

Oil paintmaterial
Canvasmaterial

Structured materials appear only through an explicit mapping relationship in the validated corpus; AEU does not infer normalized materials by parsing the catalog medium text.

Formal properties

Figuration–abstraction boundaryformal property
Field structureformal property

Concepts

Cultural context without reductionconcept

Claims / interpretation

Evidence with its type exposed

A source interpretation is not silently rewritten as an uncontested fact. Contested positions remain side by side.

abstract landscape

Whitney catalogs Morning Bush as Mayhew’s 1960 oil painting; AEU relates it to the artist’s documented abstract-landscape practice without erasing its landscape reference.

Evidence sources (2)

Documented path / mapping basis exposed

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Object → maker

Richard Mayhewartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.

Material & process

Oil paintmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Formal & thematic

Figuration–abstraction boundaryformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Field structureformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Cultural context without reductionconceptBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Exhibition, place & history

Place this date on the AEU timeline1960Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.

Close Look

Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.

Source register

Direct record sources

Richard Mayhew. Morning Bush. 1960museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09
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Richard Mayhewmuseum artist record · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09
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