Natural History: Form within Rock

Natural History: Form within Rock

Charles SeligerWW-1946-M068708
1946·Oil on canvas·25 x 30" (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

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Year
1946
Dimensions
25 x 30" (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

Artist

Charles Seliger
Charles Seliger

Drawing

Charles Seliger was an American painter and sculptor whose abstract work emerged from postwar geometric and organic vocabularies. Working primarily in oil and mixed media, he developed intricate compositions that balanced mathematical precision with biomorphic forms, creating surfaces of substantial visual density. His practice spanned six decades without major institutional retrospectives, yet his rigorous formal investigations maintained a consistent philosophical commitment to the interaction of color, line, and spatial illusion.

New York City, NY, USA

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Year
1946
Dimensions
25 x 30" (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1946-M068708

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Charles Seliger

Charles Seliger

Drawing

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