Karl Knaths

Mexican Platter
1946

Abstract cubist painting featuring geometric shapes and fragmented objects in a palette of browns, reds, whites, and blacks, with hints of pattern and texture suggesting a still life arrangement on a table.

Abstract cubist painting featuring geometric shapes and fragmented objects in a palette of browns, reds, whites, and blacks, with hints of pattern and texture suggesting a still life arrangement on a table.

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Date
1946

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and ink on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 42 1/16 × 48 3/16in. (106.8 × 122.4 cm)

Accession number
58.3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Phillips Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Karl Knaths
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