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Selected works across mediums by Richard Pousette-Dart, arranged in chronological order, from a career that spanned more than six decades. These selections serve as an introduction to the artist’s work, rather than as a comprehensive catalogue of his output.

  • Hand-cut brass
c. 1930-1950
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    Hand-cut brasses

  • Head of a Woman
1939
Oil on linen
40 x 24 in. (101.6 x 61 cm)
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    Head of a Woman

  • Woman Bird Group
1939
Bronze
24 3/4 x 19 5/8 x 23 7/8 in. (62.9 x 49.8 x 60.6425 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic E. Ossorio (1969.171)
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    Woman Bird Group

  • Eagle's Nest
1946
Oil on linen
36 1/8 x 39 7/8 in. (91.8 x 101.3 cm)
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    Eagle's Nest

  • Ionizations III
1944
Watercolor gouache, graphite, and ink on handmade paper on handmade wove paper
29 x 22 7/8 in. (73.7 x 58.1 cm)
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    Ionizations III

  • Symphony Number 1, The Transcendental
1941–42
Oil on canvas
86 x 140 1/2 in. (218.4 x 356.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift (1996.367)
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    Symphony Number 1, The Transcendental

  • The Boundless Atom
1941–43
Ink oil, gouache, and watercolor on paper
22 3/8 x 31 1/8 in. (56.8 x 79 cm)
Albertina, Vienna, Austria, Permanent loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation for Art and Science (DL104r/v)
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    The Boundless Atom

  • Crucifixion, Comprehension of the Atom
1944
Oil on linen
77 5/8 x 49 1/8 in. (197.2 x 124.8 cm)
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    Crucifixion, Comprehension of the Atom

  • Creature of Clouds
1951
Steel wire and sheet metal, painted gray
49 1/2 x 28 x 14 in. (125.7 x 71.1 x 35.6 cm)
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    Creature of Clouds

  • Golden Dawn
1952
Oil and graphite on linen
93 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. (237.5 x 130.8 cm)
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C., Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie (2006.21.16)
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    Golden Dawn

  • Joanna with Cat
1952
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm)
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    Joanna with Cat

  • Chavade
1951
Oil and graphite on canvas
53 3/8 x 96 1/2 in. (135.6 x 245.1 cm)  
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Philip Johnson Fund (503.1969)
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    Chavade

  • Betty Parsons
c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (23.5 x 21.6 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (T.2017.103)
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    Betty Parsons

  • White Etude
1952
Oil and graphite on linen
49 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (125.7 x 93.3 cm)
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    White Etude

  • Blood Wedding
1958
Oil on linen
72 x 112 in. (182.9 x 284.5 cm) Diptych
Private Collection
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    Blood Wedding

  • The Fountain
1960
Oil on canvas
75 1/2 x 56 in. (191.8 x 142.2 cm)
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    The Fountain

  • Blue Presence Number 1
1960
Oil on canvas
75 1/2 x 56 1/4 in. (191.8 x 142.9 cm) 
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Bequest of Susan Morse Hilles (2002.145.28)
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    Blue Presence Number 1

  • Sky Presence, Morning
1963
Oil on canvas
43 1/8 x 71 in. (109.5 x 180.3 cm) 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art (63.53)
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    Sky Presence, Morning

  • Sylvia (Spring, Rocks, and Daffodils)
Printed 1979–81, Painted 1985–88
Acrylic paint over aquatint, with scraping, printed in dark gray ink on wove paper
30 3/4 x 42 3/8 in. (78.1 x 107.5 cm)
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    Sylvia (Spring, Rocks, and Daffodils)

  • Celebration Birth
1975–76
Acrylic on linen
72 1/8 x 120 1/8 in. (183.2 x 305.1 cm)
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    Celebration Birth

  • Soft Edges of Time
1976–82
Oil on linen
54 x 72 in. (137.2 x 182.9 cm)
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    Soft Edges of Time

  • Transcendent Presence
1966–67
Oil on canvas
61 x 61 in. (154.9 x 154.9 cm)  
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, Gift of the Estate of Helen Burke (2005.2)
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    Transcendent Presence

  • Queen Anne's Lace
c. 1955
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.7 x 26.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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    Queen Anne's Lace

  • White Arabesque
1977
Graphite and gesso on paper
22 1/2 x 30 in. (57.2 x 76.2 cm)
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    White Arabesque

  • Burning Black Circle
1978–80
Acrylic gravel, wood chips, leaves, and sticks on linen
80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
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    Burning Black Circle

  • Mirror of Space
1979–80
Acrylic on linen
90 x 90 in. (228.6 x 228.6 cm)
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    Mirror of Space

  • Venice, Nightspace
1981–82
Acrylic on linen
90 x 90 in. (228.6 x 228.6 cm)
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    Venice, Nightspace

  • Cathedral
1990
Bronze
120 x 120 x 11 in. (304.8 x 304.8 x 27.9 cm) 
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Ind., Gift of Robert S. Ashby, Susan Gatch Ashby, and Richard Pousette-Dart (1991.40)
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    Cathedral

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