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Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Artist

WA-00028281

Painting

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

11

Works in Collection

19

Assets Indexed

0

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2348151 ULAN500007154

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949–1950

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3663
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Stanton Macdonald-Wright was an American modernist painter and theorist who pioneered Synchromism, an abstract movement developed in the early 1910s emphasizing the analogous relationship between color and musical harmony. Working primarily in oil, he created compositions of interlocking planes and prismatic hues intended to evoke pure aesthetic sensation without representational content. His contributions to American abstract art and his writings on color theory significantly influenced the development of non-objective painting in the twentieth century.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (11)

O flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 50.4 x 40.5 cm (19 13/16 x 15 15/16 in.); Sheet: 54.4 x 45.5 cm (21 7/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 50.7 x 40.4 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 54.4 x 45.3 cm (21 7/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

In the hand the firefly makes a cold brilliance

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 40.6 x 50.9 cm (16 x 20 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.4 x 54.4 cm (17 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Table of Contents

1966 · woodcut

Sheet: 45.4 x 50.4 cm (17 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); Sheet: 54.7 x 45.5 cm (21 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

On a journey ill, my dreams wander over the withered moor

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 40.3 x 50.5 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 x 54.4 cm (17 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 40.4 x 50.5 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.4 x 54.4 cm (17 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Naked in the rain, riding a naked horse

1966 · color woodcut

Image: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 x 54.4 cm (17 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate 13 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 13 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching and drypoint from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 4 5/16 × 5 11/16" (11 × 14.4 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Synchromy in Blue

Synchromy in Blue

1917 · Oil on canvas

26 1/4 x 20 1/8" (66.4 x 51.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Synchromy

1917 · Oil on canvas

31 x 24" (78.8 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life Synchromy

Still Life Synchromy

1913 · Oil on canvas

20 x 20" (50.8 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

11 published of 16 catalogued · 8 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

O flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
In the hand the firefly makes a cold brilliance
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Table of Contents
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
On a journey ill, my dreams wander over the withered moor
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Naked in the rain, riding a naked horse
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Relationships

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Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art