Genesis

1942

Matta

Associated Names
Matta

Artist, Chilean, 1911 - 2002

This abstract painting displays a variety of geometric shapes and diagonal lines. There are triangles and circles in turquoise, yellow, and light green. These shapes stand out against other areas of gray that include small dots of blue, red, and yellow. These colors have been blended into the gray, giving the impression of motion. At the top of the painting is a black oval with the outline of two arrows, one pointing up and one pointing down.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery 407

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    overall: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)
    framed: 77.4 x 97.8 x 3.8 cm (30 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.87.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Burton G. [1902-1991] and Emily Hall [1908-1987] Tremaine, Madison, Connecticut; gift 1971 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Roderick R. Paige, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 2001.

2018

  • Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2018-2020, pl. 47 (shown only in Berkeley and Amherst).

Wikidata ID

Q20193365

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