THE GLITTERING REMAINS, plate 13 (folio 25) from A SUITE OF DAZE
Catalogue
- Year
- 1975
- Dimensions
- plate 13 7/8 x 9 15/16" (35.2 x 25.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- William T. Wiley
Artist
Painting
William T. Wiley was an American painter and sculptor working in a deliberately idiosyncratic style that combined abstraction, figuration, text, and found materials. Active from the 1960s onward, his work resisted categorical classification, layering wordplay, cartographic references, and autobiographical fragments into densely composite compositions. Wiley's practice embraced chance, humor, and conceptual play as formal strategies rather than ornamental gestures. His paintings and installations occupied a distinctive position within postwar American art, neither purely abstract nor representational, but rather a hybrid form that prioritized invention and visual wit.
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- William T. Wiley
- Year
- 1975
- Dimensions
- plate 13 7/8 x 9 15/16" (35.2 x 25.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1975-M014476
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified