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Perle Fine
?–1988
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The Art of Assemblage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961
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Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Perle Fine was an American abstract painter who developed a distinctive geometric language during the postwar period. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she created compositions that balanced hard-edged forms with gestural mark-making, often exploring the interplay between color, line, and spatial relationships. Fine's work emerged from the New York abstract expressionist milieu while maintaining a disciplined, architectural approach to composition that set her practice apart from her contemporaries.
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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