The Illusionist
1997 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
9' 5 1/4" x 9' 5 1/4" (287.7 x 287.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Harvey Quaytman
1937
PaintingGeometric Abstraction
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8
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15
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2
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Harvey Quaytman is an American painter known for shaped canvases and rigorous geometric compositions that employ arcs, grids, and hard-edged forms in dense, material surfaces. His paintings, held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, foreground the physicality of paint and the structural logic of the support.
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