Untitled

Maker and role
Artist: Larry Poons, American, born 1937
Year
1967-1968
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Acrylic on canvas
Measurements
125 1/4 x 89 3/4in (318.1 x 228cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase with the Alvin Whitley Estate and the Helen and Everett H. Jones Purchase Fund
Accession number
2006.48
Object type
Department
Further information
To create his arrangements, Larry Poons used a gridded matrix to plot points according to predetermined mathematical principles. By adhering to mathematical rules, Poons felt he could create a strictly logical painting that bears no trace of the artist. Poons rejected the traditional approach to painting a centralized composition, instead scattering the shapes across the entire canvas to create a sense of movement.

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