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Ron KleemannWW-1970-157059
1970·Silver dye bleach print·Image: 9 3/16 × 13 15/16 in. (23.4 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Gift of Michael G. Wilson, 1983
Catalogue
- Year
- 1970
- Medium
- Silver dye bleach print
- Dimensions
- Image: 9 3/16 × 13 15/16 in. (23.4 × 35.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Ron Kleemann
Artist
Ron Kleemann
Painting
Ron Kleemann was an American painter known for large-scale hyperrealistic depictions of industrial machinery, vehicles, and urban infrastructure rendered in acrylic and oil. Working from the 1970s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language that elevated mechanical forms to the scale and gravity of abstract expressionism, employing photorealist technique to examine the aesthetic potential of industrial America. His work engaged the formal concerns of postwar abstraction while maintaining fidelity to observed detail.
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- Ron Kleemann
- Year
- 1970
- Medium
- Silver dye bleach print
- Dimensions
- Image: 9 3/16 × 13 15/16 in. (23.4 × 35.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1970-157059
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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