Charles G. Shaw

Plastic Polygon

1938

Tall abstract geometric towers of colored rectangular blocks rising against a dark background.
Tall abstract geometric towers of colored rectangular blocks rising against a dark background.

Charles G. Shaw, Plastic Polygon, 1938. Oil on cut wood mounted on composition board, overall: 38 3/8 × 23 1/2 in. (97.5 × 59.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 82.5

Recto

Not on view

Date
1938

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on cut wood mounted on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 38 3/8 × 23 1/2 in. (97.5 × 59.7 cm)

Accession number
82.5

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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