Summer: Young September’s Cornfield
1954 · Oil paint on hardboard
support: 1022 x 1549 mm
Tate
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Alan Reynolds
Artist
WA-00029101
PaintingConstructivism
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
4
Works in Collection
8
Assets Indexed
0
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Alan Reynolds was a British painter and printmaker whose abstract compositions evolved from constructivist principles into a refined vocabulary of intersecting planes and subtle color modulation. Working primarily in oil, gouache, and printmaking from the 1950s onward, he developed spatial illusion through layered, translucent forms that resisted both pure abstraction and representation. His carefully calibrated geometric works engaged the formal possibilities of the picture plane with particular attention to chromatic restraint and planar depth.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Constructivism
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Painting
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Artworks (4)
Artwork sources (3)
4 published of 5 catalogued · 4 with image
- Tate2 published2 img
- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
- The Met1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1954 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1951 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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