Night Field

A nearly black deep navy painting with a single thin horizontal line of golden ochre two thirds of the way down, subtle variations of deep blue in the dark field, matte oil on linen. — Night Field

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Title: Night Field
Subject: Fields; Night; Color field painting
Description: A single line of ochre holds the dark together. Lind said it was the porch light at the Halloran farm, seen from the road.
Creator: Mara Lind
Date: 1974
Rights: Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).
Type: Painting
Identifier: 1990.3.2
Extent: 137.2 × 137.2 cm (54 × 54 in.)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Rennick, 1990
Medium: Oil on linen

Mara Lind 1928–2009

Night Field, 1974

Medium: Oil on linen

Extent: 137.2 × 137.2 cm (54 × 54 in.)

Provenance: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Rennick, 1990

Identifier: 1990.3.2

A single line of ochre holds the dark together. Lind said it was the porch light at the Halloran farm, seen from the road.

Rights & reuse

Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Cite this

Mara Lind. “Night Field.” 1974. Wrenfield Museum of Art. https://01hy7jb6pdd1k4jjjn56z4587d.app-platform-1.refbytes.com/items/show/211 (accessed October 27, 2026).

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