Maneuver for Position

1947

Bradley Walker Tomlin

Associated Names
Bradley Walker Tomlin

Painter, American, 1899 - 1953

This painting showcases intertwined and overlapping curvilinear and geometric shapes painted in broad strokes. It has an abstract composition with arcs and intersecting lines in white and pale blue overlapping with circular and geometric shapes in shades of earthy green, vibrant orange, deep red, and bright yellow. Some of the circular shapes look almost like eyes, but otherwise there are no specific objects visible.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Elevator Lobby

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 78.7 x 116.8 cm (31 x 46 in.)
    framed: 81.3 x 119.4 x 4.4 cm (32 x 47 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.81.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Betty Parsons Gallery, New York); sold 1960 to Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift 1996 to NGA.
[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 260.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1947-1948, no. 155.

1949

  • 9th Annual Exhibition, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors National Arts Club, New York, 1949, no. 49.

1957

  • Bradley Walker Tomlin, travelling exh. to 8 venues, first venue: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1957-1958, no. 19, repro.

1958

  • 25 anni di Pittura Americana: 1935-1958, United States Information Agency, Rome, 1958, repro.

1964

  • Selections from the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 1964.

1965

  • Summer Exhibition: American Paintings of the Twentieth Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965.

1966

  • Selections form the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1966.

1973

  • Selections from the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1973.

1975

  • Bradley Walker Tomlin: A Retrospective View, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska; University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1975-1976, pl. 38.

1978

  • Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1978.

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 185, color repro.

2014

  • Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, 2014, pl. 45.

Bibliography

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 185.

Inscriptions

lower center: B. Tomlin

Wikidata ID

Q20194002

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