Manipulations of the Organic Compound Leaf Forms
1977 · Watercolor and crayon on ivory wove paper
60.7 × 48.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Ree Morton
American, 1936
PaintingMinimalismFeminist Art
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None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
89
Works in Collection
175
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3
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- • Minimalism
- • Feminist Art
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989–1990
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Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
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Ree Morton combined industrial materials, found objects, and decorative elements in large-scale installations that resisted the hierarchy between fine art and craft. Working primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, she constructed immersive environments that emphasized color, pattern, and spatial experience with an intensity that anticipated feminist and postminimal practice. Her approach to mixed media and installation remains distinctive for its integration of domestic ornament and industrial form at a monumental scale.
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