The Circumnavigation of the Sphering of the Poles

1964

Irene Rice Pereira

Associated Names
I. Rice Pereira

Painter, American, 1902 - 1971

The image shows a series of vertical and horizontal rectangular shapes and lines intersecting and overlapping. It features various shades of blue and a few red squares. The arrangement suggests a city skyline or musical notation. Different textures and gradients add depth to the artwork.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 20 May 1969 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Thirty-first Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 31 January - 16 March 1969, no. 49, repro.

1970

  • New Accessions, USA, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 29 July - 20 September 1970, no.11.

1974

  • Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1-31 March 1974, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1977

  • Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art; University Art Museum, Berkeley; Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 20 September 1977 - 19 June 1978, no. 90.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 186-187, repro. 186.

Inscriptions

lower right: I. RICE PEREIRA; upper left reverse: The Circumnavigation / of the Sphering / of the / Poles

Wikidata ID

Q46637508

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