Untitled, 1957–1959

1957–1959
Bechtle, C. Ronald

Object Details

TITLE:
Untitled, 1957–1959
DATE:
1957–1959
MEDIUM:
Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS:
32 x 36 in.
CREDIT LINE:
Gift of Reid and Dorothy Bechtle, 2020

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Description

This complex composition incorporates carefully mixed teal, red, beige, and brown, in forms suggestive of figures or mannequins. With its curving and dotted lines, the work may be an homage to Marcel Duchamp’s work, which Bechtle may have seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

 

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