Notice that as the investment
horizon increases from 1 to 10 years, the median return (i.e., the horizontal
line across the
center of the box) remains pretty stable, while the variance of returns narrows dramatically.
In 1950, Gottlieb created his first Imaginary Landscape paintings, which unfolded across a central
horizon line, though this could be rendered higher or lower as evident in Mirage, 1970, or even a fraction off -
center as in Excalibur # 2.