Relation of Lines and Colors
Catalogue
- Year
- 1939
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 28 5/8 x 21" (72.6 x 53.3 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Georges Vantongerloo
Artist
Printmaking
Georges Vantongerloo was a Belgian sculptor and painter who worked with geometric abstraction and mathematical systems throughout the twentieth century. He explored three-dimensional form through carved wood, stone, and bronze, as well as constructed works in metal and plastic that embodied principles of proportion and spatial harmony. His practice bridged sculpture and painting through a rigorous engagement with linear perspective and architectural space. Vantongerloo's work was central to the development of constructivist and geometric abstraction in Europe between the wars and afterward.
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Plate 20 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I
1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving
Plate (folio 22) from 10 Origin
1942 · Linoleum cut from a portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph
10 Origin
1942 · Portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph
Curving Function Greenish Brown
1938 · Oil on hardboard
The Function of Lines
1936 · Brush with opaque and transparent watercolor and pen and black ink on beige, wove paper
No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green
1936 · Oil paint on plywood
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- Georges Vantongerloo
- Year
- 1939
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 28 5/8 x 21" (72.6 x 53.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1939-M069797
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified