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John FerrenWW-1942-M069646
1942·Woven wool·9' x 6' 7" (274.3 x 200.7 cm)

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Year
1942
Dimensions
9' x 6' 7" (274.3 x 200.7 cm)

Artist

John Ferren
John Ferren

Painting

John Ferren was an American abstract painter and sculptor who worked primarily in the postwar period, developing a geometric vocabulary rooted in color relationships and spatial construction. Active from the 1930s onward, his paintings combined rigorous formal order with chromatic intensity, positioning him within the mid-century American abstraction movement. Ferren's approach emphasized the structural properties of color itself as a generative force in composition.

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Untitled #8

Untitled #8

1938 · Pastel on paper

WW-1938-162857

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Year
1942
Dimensions
9' x 6' 7" (274.3 x 200.7 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1942-M069646

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

John Ferren

John Ferren

Painting

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