
Progressions
Catalogue
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 51 1/4 x 47 3/8 x 4 3/4" (130.1 x 120.4 x 12 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Mary Bauermeister
Artist

Drawing
Mary Bauermeister was an American artist working across painting, sculpture, and kinetic installation from the 1950s onward. Her practice engaged with light, movement, and optical phenomena, often incorporating mirrors, glass, and motorized elements to create immersive spatial experiences. Active in postwar avant-garde circles, she developed a distinctive approach to abstraction that prioritized sensory engagement over purely visual composition.
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More by Mary Bauermeister
Untitled
1967 · Colored inks on white wove paper covered by sheet of glass, with painted wooden hemispheres applied to the glass, in a wooden box
Sketch for Tanglewood Press from New York International
1965 · Offset lithograph with collage and colored pencil additions, stones, painted wood, and glass from a portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media
Three Pergaments
1964 · Collage composed of pen and black ink with touches of graphite and cut and pasted cream tracing paper on cream wove paper
Perhaps
1964 · Ink on paper
Needless Needles
1964 · Ink, colored ink, and pencil on paper
We Need More Drawings
1964 · Ink on paper
Record
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- Mary Bauermeister
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 51 1/4 x 47 3/8 x 4 3/4" (130.1 x 120.4 x 12 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1963-M070282
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





