Charles G. Shaw

Vive la Bagatelle!

1955

Abstract painting of overlapping geometric color blocks in red, blue, black, white, and muted brown.
Abstract painting of overlapping geometric color blocks in red, blue, black, white, and muted brown.

Charles G. Shaw, Vive la Bagatelle!, 1955. Oil on composition board, overall: 28 5/8 × 36 1/2 in. (72.7 × 92.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Inc. 55.46

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Date
1955

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 28 5/8 × 36 1/2 in. (72.7 × 92.7 cm)

Accession number
55.46

Credit line
Gift of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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