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Harvey Quaytman

1937

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PaintingGeometric Abstraction

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ5677520

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

Harvey Quaytman is an American painter known for shaped canvases and rigorous geometric compositions that employ arcs, grids, and hard-edged forms in dense, material surfaces. His paintings, held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, foreground the physicality of paint and the structural logic of the support.

Source: Paula Cooper · Trust score: 60% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (8)

The Illusionist

1997 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

9' 5 1/4" x 9' 5 1/4" (287.7 x 287.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1996 · Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper on board

18 x 18" (45.7 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1993 · Synthetic polymer paint on cut-and-pasted paper with rusted metal and pencil on paper on metal

30 x 30" (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Millers Delight

1992 · Synthetic polymer paint and rust on canvas

60 x 60 1/8" (152.4 x 152.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Wanderer

1988 · Acrylic and rust on paper on aluminum

14 1/4 x 14 3/8" (36.2 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ivory Sliver

1986 · Acrylic and rust on canvas

28 1/8 x 28 1/4" (71.4 x 71.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1977 · Mezzotint and engraving with chine collé

plate: 17 7/8 x 12 9/16" (45.4 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 x 19 1/16" (63.3 x 48.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Coup d'eclat

1974 · Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on paper

27 7/8 x 40 7/8" (71 x 104 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (1)

8 published of 8 catalogued · 7 with image

MoMA
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Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Geometric Abstraction

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Education

Syracuse University

Visual Arts

Tufts University

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School of the Museum of Fine Arts

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