New York, 10/35
Primary
Charles Joseph Biederman
(Cleveland, Ohio, 1906–Red Wing, Minnesota, 2004)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1935
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 33 9/16 x 26 5/8 in. (85.3 x 67.7 cm)
Canvas: 32 5/16 x 25 1/16 in. (82 x 63.7 cm)
Canvas: 32 5/16 x 25 1/16 in. (82 x 63.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Michener Acquisitions Fund, 1985.17
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number1985.17
On View
Not on viewPaper-like strips painted in primary colors dance and twist in an undefined space lit only by a distant, golden orb. While Charles Joseph Biederman’s New York, 10/35 does not visually reference specific subject matter, its organic forms suggest the irrepressible electricity of New York City.
Biederman’s works have been called both Structurist and Constructivist; they attempt to represent the basic structure of nature without imitating its outward appearance
