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1968 · mixed media: wood, canvas and metal on wood panel
Unframed: 180.3 x 180.3 cm (71 x 71 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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George Ortman
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32
Works in Collection
63
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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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George Ortman was an American sculptor and painter whose abstract work emerged from postwar geometric and constructivist movements. Working primarily in wood, metal, and mixed materials, he developed compositions that balanced formal rigor with tactile surface play, often incorporating found and industrial elements. Ortman's practice spanned several decades and contributed to the development of American abstract sculptural language in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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