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#254-1960

Charmion von WiegandWW-1960-M029865

1960·Cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, shoe lace, and blue fibers on paper on gray board·21 1/4 x 11 3/8" (54.1 x 29.1 cm) (includes mount)

Catalogue

Year: 1960
Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, shoe lace, and blue fibers on paper on gray board
Dimensions: 21 1/4 x 11 3/8" (54.1 x 29.1 cm) (includes mount)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Charmion von Wiegand

Artist

Charmion von Wiegand

Charmion von Wiegand was an American abstract painter and theorist whose work synthesized geometric abstraction with spiritual philosophy. Active from the 1930s onward, she developed a visual language of interlocking planes and luminous color fields informed by her study of Theosophy and non-Western cosmologies. Her paintings combine rigorous formal structure with a metaphysical intent, treating abstraction as a vehicle for invisible spiritual truths rather than pure formal investigation.

Chicago, IL, USA

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