Movie: Prelude 1

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    Turquoise and maroon-toned thin lines of paint are interspersed with variously toned circular "watermarks" of blotched paint giving-way to multi-colored brush strokes and finally fulsomely darkened and thickened brush-strokes which then thin to something akin to the beginning.

  • Release Date

    1996-02-26

  • Average

    5.3

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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