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1965 · Oil, pencil, and crayon on cardboard
28 1/8 x 22 1/8" (71.4 x 56.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Walter Tandy Murch
Artist
PaintingGeometric Abstraction
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
1
Works in Collection
4
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0
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- • Geometric Abstraction
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Drawing since 1940
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
No image
Drawn in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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20 Drawings: New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
No image
Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
About
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Walter Tandy Murch was an American painter and photographer working in precise, meticulously rendered still life compositions. Active in the postwar period, his work combined geometric abstraction with photorealist detail, treating ordinary objects and architectural fragments as subjects for formal investigation. His layered approach to composition and his integration of photographic processes into studio practice positioned him as a distinctive voice among mid-century American artists.
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Museum of Modern Art
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