Morton Schamberg

Untitled (Mechanical Abstraction)
1916

Abstract painting featuring geometric shapes and mechanical elements in a composition with a dominant red background. The central motif includes a juxtaposition of blue, white, and gray shapes, with a prominent circular form connected to a series of linear and rectangular elements, suggesting an industrial or architectural influence.

Abstract painting featuring geometric shapes and mechanical elements in a composition with a dominant red background. The central motif includes a juxtaposition of blue, white, and gray shapes, with a prominent circular form connected to a series of linear and rectangular elements, suggesting an industrial or architectural influence.

Not on view

Date
1916

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall (sight): 19 5/8 × 15 11/16in. (49.8 × 39.8 cm)

Accession number
86.5.2a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Mrs. Jean Whitehill

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/5104

Exhibitions

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Morton Schamberg
3 works in the collection

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