Untitled

1939

Charles G. Shaw

Associated Names
Charles G. Shaw

Artist, American, 1892 - 1974

This image depicts an abstract composition with a central irregular shape surrounded by a mustard-yellow outline. This shape rests on a tilted brown quadrilateral against a muted mauve background. Black lines radiate from the central shape, converging in small black dots resembling pins.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Marchal E. Landgren, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 186, no. 1257.

Inscriptions

upper verso in black ink: Charles G. Shaw / Dec. 1939; upper right in graphite by unknown hand: 4 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64538566

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