Detail View: The AMICA Library: Plastic Polygon

AMICA ID: 
WMAA.82.5
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Paintings
Creator Name: 
Shaw, Charles G.
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1892-1974
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Charles G. Shaw
Title: 
Plastic Polygon
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1938
Creation Start Date: 
1938
Creation End Date: 
1938
Materials and Techniques: 
Oil on wood
Dimensions: 
38 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.(97.79 x 59.69 cm. )
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Height
Measurement Value: 
97.79
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Width
Measurement Value: 
59.69
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Measurement Unit: 
cm
AMICA Contributor: 
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
82.5
Credit Line: 
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Parts and Pieces: 
82.5Accessory 1,Frame
Inscriptions: 
On backing, upper right, typed on gummed label with redtrim: PLASTIOCH
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Artist's collection, 1938 -Charles Carpenter, New Canaan, Connecticut - February 1982
Context - Date: 
1938 - 1938
Context - Person: 
Shaw Charles G.
Context - Person: 
Kinney Gilbert H.
Context - Person: 
Millhouse Barbara Babcock
Context - Person: 
Painting and Sculpture Committee
Context - Person: 
Linden Faith
Context - Person: 
Washburn Gallery, Inc.
Exhibition History: 
Geometric Tradition in 20th Century American Art
Exhibition History: 
"In a Classical Vein: Selections from the Permanent Collection"
Exhibition History: 
(1) "American Art 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered"
Exhibition History: 
(2)American Art, 1900-1940: A History Reconsidered
Exhibition History: 
Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Galleries
Exhibition History: 
In the City: Urban Views 1900-1940
Exhibition History: 
In the City: Urban Views 1900-1940
Related Work Description: 
Series of works titled PLASTIC POLYGONPLASTIC POLYGON, 1938, painted wood relief, 42 x 26 in,Philadelphia Museum of Art, A.E. Gallatin Collection
Related Image Identifier Link: 
WMAA.00301.tif