Three Color-Groups Against Black/White
1969 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
47 1/2 x 47 3/8" (120.7 x 120.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Camille Graeser
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PaintingGeometric AbstractionConstructivismAbstract Art
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2
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7
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- • Geometric Abstraction
- • Constructivism
- • Abstract Art
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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Camille Graeser developed a rigorous formal language of geometric abstraction centered on the systematic exploration of color relationships, form, and line. Active from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, his practice engaged with constructivist and concrete art principles, emphasizing disciplined compositional methods. Working primarily in painting, Graeser pursued the interaction between chromatic space and geometric structure as a means of formal investigation rather than representation.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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