Morton Schamberg / Untitled (Mechanical Abstraction) / 1916

Morton Schamberg
Untitled (Mechanical Abstraction)
1916
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Creator Name: Schamberg, Morton
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1881-1918
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Morton Schamberg
Title: Untitled (Mechanical Abstraction)
Title Type: Title
Title: Painting V (Mechanical Abstraction)
Title Type: Title Variation
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1916
Creation End Date: 1916
Creation Date: 1916
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: Oil on composition board
Parts and Pieces: 86.5.2Accessory 1,Frame, wood
Dimensions: 20 x 16 in.(50.8 x 40.64 cm. )Frame 20 5/8 x 16 9/16 in.
Inscriptions: WMAA label, on backing upper left:Morton SchambergUntitled (MechaOCH 02/19/1986 ,Satisfactory ,Upper two vertical scuff marks; chipping at edges;support deteriorated ,
Orientation/Arrangement: Frame, wood:
AMICA Contributor: Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 86.5.2
Credit Line: 50th Anniversary Gift of Mrs. Jean Whitehill
Rights: http://www.whitney.org/information/rights.shtml
Provenance: Collection of the artist 1916 - 1918Gilbert Schamberg 1918 - 1924 (brother of artist)Jean Loeb Whitehill 1924 - 1986 (niece of artist)
Subject Terms: Subject
Subject Terms: Technology
Context - Person: Schamberg Morton
Context - Person: Whitehill Jean Mrs.
Context - Date: 1916 - 1916
Exhibition History: (1) "American Art 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered"
Exhibition History: (2)American Art, 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered
Exhibition History: "Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York"
Related Work Description: PAINTING II (Machine Forms), 1916, Oil on wood, 6 1/2 x 43/4 in., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neuberger, NewYork
Related Work Description: PAINTING IV (Mechanical Abstraction), 1916, Oil on wood,13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in., Collection of Philadelphia Museumof Art: The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection
AMICA ID: WMAA.86.5.2
Component Measured: object
Measurement Dimension: height
Measurement Value: 50.80
Measurement Unit: cm
Measurement Dimension: width
Measurement Value: 40.64
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art

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