Figure Study No. 3
1975 · Charcoal on paper
23 5/8 x 17 7/8" (60 x 45.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence
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Abstract ExpressionismExpressionismFiguration
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- • Abstract Expressionism
- • Expressionism
- • Figuration
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Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence was an American painter who synthesized abstraction and figuration through a distinctive approach to color and spatial form. Working across oils, watercolors, and prints during the postwar period, she developed a modernist vocabulary that remained largely independent of Abstract Expressionism's critical framework. Her practice resists easy categorization, grounded instead in deeply personal invention rather than adherence to period style.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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