Congo

© William Baziotes Estate
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Congo

1954
Paintings
Oil on canvas
72 × 60 × 1 in. (182.88 × 152.4 × 2.54 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Leonard Sperry (M.64.43.2)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Label

William Baziotes blended the textures of Abstract Expressionism with the biomorphic forms and calligraphic marks of Surrealism, resulting in paintings that teem with asymmetrical shapes, glowing color...
William Baziotes blended the textures of Abstract Expressionism with the biomorphic forms and calligraphic marks of Surrealism, resulting in paintings that teem with asymmetrical shapes, glowing colors, and references to nature. The titles of his paintings, influenced by visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, often recall landscapes both actual and imagined. Though Baziotes never traveled outside the United States, the topographical forms and wriggling lines of Congo gesture to his vision of the African river.

Wall label, 2021.
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Bibliography

  • The New York School, 1940-1960: The First Generation of Abstract Expressionism. Reno, Nevada: Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, 1979.

  • Tuchman, Maurice, editor. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965.

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  • The New York School, 1940-1960: The First Generation of Abstract Expressionism. Reno, Nevada: Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, 1979.

  • Tuchman, Maurice, editor. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965.

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  • Tuchman, Maurice.  Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
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