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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Prisma

Prisma

1968
(American, 1930–2020)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
acrylic on canvas
Framed: 185.4 x 276.8 x 3.9 cm (73 x 109 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 182.8 x 274.3 cm (71 15/16 x 108 in.)
Gift of Katherine C. White 1977.193
© Richard Anuszkiewicz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

From 1948 to 1953, Anuszkiewicz studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Description

Anuszkiewicz’s arrangement of six radiating square outlines in blues and greens against a bold red background generates a complex network of nestled diamond patterns primarily through color relationships. Interestingly, the composition’s red background is the uppermost layer of paint. The blue and green "lines" are actually large areas of underpaint that were taped off when the red layer was applied, and then uncovered when the tape was removed.
  • Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 79-80, no. 107
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, (04//11/2011 - 02/26/2012); "Op Art"
    The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 107, p. 122, color repr. p. 80.
    Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-August 26, 1984).
    "Richard Anuskiewicz," Butler Institute of Art (March 4 - April 1, 1984).
    "Contemporary Collection," Cleveland Museum of Art (Aug. 17 - Nov. 6, 1983).
    The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).
    CMA, 1982: "The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years," cat. no. 96, p. 32, not reproduced
    Kent, OH: Van Deusen Gallery, Kent State University, 1968: "15 Paintings/Anuszkiewicz," cat. no. 14, not reproduced
  • {{cite web|title=Prisma|url=false|author=Richard Anuszkiewicz|year=1968|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.193