Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse. ​

In the tradition of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting, Alice Baber created paintings which dissolve into light and color. In this watercolor, Baber conjures primordial forces interlocking over a central circular leaf collaged over a paperboard. Across the Wide, Tokyo evokes the interconnectedness of arteries and veins. Placed atop of a shadowy ground the colors dissolve into light and atmosphere. Painted while living abroad in Japan with artist Paul Jenkins, Alice Baber was influenced by the Gutai movement itself inspired by the theatricality and movement of Pollock as well as the emphasized materiality of Arte Povera. The central circular composition anchors the piece in a cosmological sphere. The colors which interlock in roping smokey shapes, intermingle in a complex X-configuration. The deep magenta and bold purple in the foreground continues across a diagonal to the upper register. An opposite diagonal in the X-configuration, done in watery blue and green, conjures a vision of symmetry in flux.