
Fresco (For a Cathedral)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1944
- Medium
- Patinated copper
- Dimensions
- 115.6 × 90.5 × 35.5 cm (45 9/16 × 35 11/16 × 14 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Antoine Pevsner
Artist

Sculpture
Antoine Pevsner was a Russian-born sculptor and painter who developed a distinctive abstract language using transparent and opaque planes of celluloid, copper, and bronze. Working in Paris from the 1920s onward, he created constructions that dematerialized solid form through intersecting geometric surfaces and voids, establishing himself as a founding figure in kinetic and constructivist sculpture. His work emphasizes the relationship between line, plane, and light rather than mass, challenging traditional notions of sculptural volume.
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Maquette of a Monument Symbolising the Liberation of the Spirit
1952 · Bronze
For the Facade of a Museum
1943 · Bronze
Developable Column
1942 · Brass and oxidized bronze
Model for the Statue of Aphrodite in the Ballet ‘La Chatte’
1927 · Plastic
Torso
1924 · Plastic and copper
Head
1923 · Plastic
Record
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- Antoine Pevsner
- Year
- 1944
- Medium
- Patinated copper
- Dimensions
- 115.6 × 90.5 × 35.5 cm (45 9/16 × 35 11/16 × 14 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1944-132981
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





