Charles G. Shaw

Umbilical Contemplation

1940

Abstract geometric shapes in blue, gray, white, and orange painted on a textured olive wall.
Abstract geometric shapes in blue, gray, white, and orange painted on a textured olive wall.

Charles G. Shaw, Umbilical Contemplation, 1940. Oil on paperboard, overall: 15 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.5 × 30.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. 91.58.2

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Date
1940

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on paperboard

Dimensions
Overall: 15 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.5 × 30.3 cm)

Accession number
91.58.2

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Carpenter, Jr.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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