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Untitled (Composition #104)
Ad Reinhardt
Contemporary Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
Ad Reinhardt said of his flat, geometric abstract paintings: "The content is not in a subject matter or story but in the actual painting activity." Although Reinhardt was a contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists, his art differs greatly from that of Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning, whose works are composed of random, gestural brushstrokes. Rather, in paintings like Untitled (Composition #704), Reinhardt's control over his canvas is revealed in solid bricklike blocks of color. The work is strictly composed to deny depth and affirm symmetry.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1954–1960
DIMENSIONS
110 3/4 x 42 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (281.3 x 108.6 x 6.4 cm)
Other: 108 1/4 x 40 1/8in. (275 x 101.9cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.59
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the artist
PROVENANCE
1967, gift of the artist to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
CAPTION
Ad Reinhardt (American, 1913–1967). Untitled (Composition #104), 1954–1960. Oil on canvas, 110 3/4 x 42 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (281.3 x 108.6 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 67.59. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.59_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 67.59_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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