Early Geometric #267
American Art
Early Geometric #267
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Burgoyne Diller
American, 1906–1965
American, 1906–1965
Date
ca. 1936
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession #
2006.4
Dimensions
20 x 24 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 310
Description
Deeply influenced by his exposure to the Dutch geometric abstractionists known as De Stijl (“The Style”), Burgoyne Diller developed compositions of rectilinear shapes and primary colors. His early geometric paintings were created in three distinct modes, which he called Themes. This rare example of the Second Theme explores movement generated by the arrangement of color and line. It provides a two-dimensional complement to the Red/Blue Chair by De Stijl architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld on view nearby.
Credit
Purchase through prior acquisition from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable, with gifts of the Alan R. Liederman family and Dr. and Mrs. Joel E. Berenson, with additional funds from the Margaret and Terry Stent Endowment for the Acquisition of American Art and Mr. and Mrs. Henry SchwobImage Copyright
© Estate of Burgoyne Diller/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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