
Abstract in White, Black, Indian and Lilac
Catalogue
- Year
- 1957
- Medium
- Painted wood
- Dimensions
- object: 1067 x 1168 x 32 mm frame: 1557 x 1527 x 144 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Artist
- Victor Pasmore
Artist

Painting
Victor Pasmore was a British painter and printmaker who transitioned from figurative work to geometric abstraction in the 1940s, becoming a pioneer of constructivist art in postwar Britain. Working primarily in oil, acrylic, and etching, he developed a rigorously mathematical approach to composition that emphasized color relationships and spatial structure over representation. His practice extended to relief constructions and environmental installations that engaged architectural principles. Pasmore's work was instrumental in establishing abstract art as a legitimate force in British modernism during a period when figuration remained dominant.
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- Victor Pasmore
- Year
- 1957
- Medium
- Painted wood
- Dimensions
- object: 1067 x 1168 x 32 mm frame: 1557 x 1527 x 144 mm
- Watts ID
- WW-1957-217293
Source
- Collection
- Tate
- Source
- tate
- Reference
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- Status
- verified





