Henry Moore
Three Standing Figures
1953
On view
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Frank Stella
1968–69
Frank Stella’s early works, such as Gray Scramble, react against the loose, gestural and loaded brushstroke associated with Abstract Expressionism. This rigorously geometric painting has no underlying meaning or narrative. “What you see is what you see,” said the artist. For him, a painting meant plainly “a flat surface with paint on it.” Gray Scramble belongs to Stella’s series of compositions of concentric squares, which explore color values. Here, the systematic arrangement alternates, or "scrambles", the colored squares that brighten in hue towards the center, and are framed by contradictory gray squares that instead become progressively darker until reaching black.
On view
Artist | Frank Stella |
Date | 1968–69 |
Medium | Oil and pencil on canvas |
Dimensions | 175.3 x 175.3 cm |
Credit line | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 |
Accession | 2012.101 |
Collection | Schulhof Collection |
Type | Painting |
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Henry Moore
1953
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Pegeen Vail
1960s
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Pietro Consagra
1947–48
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Chuck Close
2003
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