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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
Night Town
Night Town
Raymond Saunders
1963
Object number: G1968.116
Untitled
Untitled
Raymond Parker
1959
Object number: 1991.283
Untitled
Untitled
Raymond Parker
1970
Object number: 1985.163
Image Not Available for Portrait of Wilfred G. De Glehn
Portrait of Wilfred G. De Glehn
William James
not dated
Object number: 1982.2
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Arbitrary Variations
Bruno Munari
1950
Object number: G1970.2.12
The Holy Family with a Town in the Distance, from the Idee Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto [Picturesque Variations on the Flight into Egypt]
The Holy Family with a Town in the Distance, from the Idee Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto [Picturesque Variations on the Flight into Egypt]
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1750-53
Object number: 2002.246
Variations
Variations
Flora Blanc (Reeder)
1960
Object number: 1992.29
Image Not Available for Christ in the Sepulchre, after Taddeo Zuccaro, plate 89 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](the C
Christ in the Sepulchre, after Taddeo Zuccaro, plate 89 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](the C
Jean Raymond
1729
Object number: P1963.4.89/178
Image Not Available for The Israelites Receiving Mannah from Heaven, after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, plate 98 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paint
The Israelites Receiving Mannah from Heaven, after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, plate 98 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paint
Jean Raymond
1729
Object number: P1963.4.98/178
Image Not Available for Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph, after Raphael, plate 23 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](
Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph, after Raphael, plate 23 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](
Jean Raymond
1729
Object number: P1963.4.23/178
Image Not Available for Untitled
Untitled
Raymond Parker
1975
Object number: 1977.55
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
(Bridge, Urban, River Eur.?)
Raymond Bancroft
not dated
Object number: G1966.2.275