The Flying Scot
Ron KleemannWW-1972-M059614
1972·Lithograph, with varnish additions·composition: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm); sheet: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1972
- Dimensions
- composition: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm); sheet: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Ron Kleemann
Artist
Ron Kleemann
Painting
Ron Kleemann was an American painter known for large-scale hyperrealistic depictions of industrial machinery, vehicles, and urban infrastructure rendered in acrylic and oil. Working from the 1970s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language that elevated mechanical forms to the scale and gravity of abstract expressionism, employing photorealist technique to examine the aesthetic potential of industrial America. His work engaged the formal concerns of postwar abstraction while maintaining fidelity to observed detail.
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- Ron Kleemann
- Year
- 1972
- Dimensions
- composition: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm); sheet: 24 x 34" (61 x 86.3cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1972-M059614
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified