Untitled

1982

Matt Mullican

Associated Names
Matt Mullican

Artist, American, born 1951

The image shows a large rectangle divided into four equal quadrants, each containing a distinct shape, against a bold red border. The top left quadrant features an abstract pattern resembling a globe with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The top right quadrant shows the silhouette of a human head in profile. The bottom left quadrant incorporates a combination of a rectangle with a circle at the top resembling a keyhole. The bottom right quadrant features three abstract shapes: a triangle, a square, and a circle. The overall composition uses geometric shapes to create an abstract artwork, drawing connections to familiar objects such as a globe, a human head, a keyhole, and basic geometric forms.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Michael Klein, Inc., New York); gift 1985 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Signs, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 27 April - 7 July 1985.

Wikidata ID

Q62288139

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