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Variations on a Rhythm-G
Variations on a Rhythm-G

Variations on a Rhythm-G

Primary (Chariton, Iowa, 1891–Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1982)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1931
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 38 1/8 x 33 in. (96.8 x 83.8 cm)
Framed: 41 3/8 x 36 1/4 in. (105.1 x 92.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1981.54
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number1981.54
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, B3 - Huntington Gallery
Label Text
An undulating yellow arc forms the reflection of a letter G. Shapes and lines echo each other throughout the composition, repeating the letter and mirroring elements of its form, such as the ball and pedestal, in both foreground and background. He often deconstructed the lines and patterns in an analytical yet playful fashion, as he has done with the Variations of a Rhythm series from 1931.
Exhibitions