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ENCIRCLING WHITE
1967 · Serigraph, printed in black
Sheet 26 1/8 x 28 1/2" (66.3 x 72.2 cm)Comp. 24 11/16 x 27 1/16" (62.7 x 68.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Guido Molinari
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Canada '67
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
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The Responsive Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Guido Molinari was a Canadian painter who developed a systematic approach to color and rhythm through rigorously structured compositions. Working primarily in acrylic, he created compositions of vertical and horizontal stripes in carefully calibrated hues, investigating how adjacency and proportion alter color perception. His paintings emphasize optical interaction between bands of color rather than representational or gestural content. Based in Montreal, Molinari was instrumental in establishing a distinctly Canadian modernist practice during the postwar period.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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