Charles G. Shaw / Plastic Polygon / 1938

Charles G. Shaw
Plastic Polygon
1938
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Creator Name: Shaw, Charles G.
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1892-1974
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Charles G. Shaw
Title: Plastic Polygon
Title Type: Title
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1938
Creation End Date: 1938
Creation Date: 1938
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on wood
Parts and Pieces: 82.5Accessory 1,Frame
Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.(97.79 x 59.69 cm. )
Inscriptions: On backing, upper right, typed on gummed label with redtrim: PLASTIOCH
AMICA Contributor: Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 82.5
Credit Line: Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Rights: http://www.whitney.org/information/rights.shtml
Provenance: Artist's collection, 1938 -Charles Carpenter, New Canaan, Connecticut - February 1982
Context - Person: Kinney Gilbert H.
Context - Person: Linden Faith
Context - Person: Millhouse Barbara Babcock
Context - Person: Painting and Sculpture Committee
Context - Person: Shaw Charles G.
Context - Person: Washburn Gallery, Inc.
Context - Date: 1938 - 1938
Exhibition History: Geometric Tradition in 20th Century American Art
Exhibition History: "In a Classical Vein: Selections from the Permanent Collection"
Exhibition History: (1) "American Art 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered"
Exhibition History: (2)American Art, 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered
Exhibition History: Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Galleries
Exhibition History: In the City: Urban Views 1900-1940
Related Work Description: Series of works titled PLASTIC POLYGONPLASTIC POLYGON, 1938, painted wood relief, 42 x 26 in,Philadelphia Museum of Art, A.E. Gallatin Collection
AMICA ID: WMAA.82.5
Component Measured: object
Measurement Dimension: height
Measurement Value: 97.79
Measurement Unit: cm
Measurement Dimension: width
Measurement Value: 59.69
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art

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