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The Necklace
1958 · oil on canvas
Unframed: 157.4 x 122 cm (61 15/16 x 48 1/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Balcomb Greene
1904–1990
WA-00014329
PaintingAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
10
Institutional Exhibitions
4
Works in Collection
19
Assets Indexed
8
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Art Lending Service Retrospective
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
No image
New Images of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
No image
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
No image
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
No image
American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
No image
The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945–1946
No image
New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
No image
Subway Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
No image
New Horizons in American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
Field Verification (5 fields)
5 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%✓
- Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 92%✓
- Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- BiographyDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Entity ExpansionTier 2 · Strong source85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Balcomb Greene was an American painter whose early non-objective work drew from Cubism and geometric abstraction, particularly the influence of Mondrian and Gris. From the 1940s onward, his practice shifted toward landscapes and figuration, prioritizing intuitive and psychological presence over anatomical precision. A founding member of the American Abstract Artists and co-advocate with his wife Gertrude Glass Greene for modernist acceptance, he taught and worked in Millville, New York, developing a distinctive approach to the human figure that emphasized spiritual conflict and emotional depth.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Abstract Art
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Artworks (4)
Artwork sources (2)
4 published of 7 catalogued · 4 with image
- MoMA3 publishedof 6 catalogued4 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1958 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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