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Julian Stanczak

Artist

WA-00029575

PrintmakingGeometric AbstractionColor Field

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ3650634 ULAN500008750

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The Responsive Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Julian Stanczak was an American painter known for hard-edged abstractions built from precisely calibrated color relationships and optical vibration. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas from the 1960s onward, he developed a systematic approach to composition that emphasized the perceptual instability of adjacent hues and geometric forms. His work occupied a rigorous middle ground between geometric abstraction and color field painting, generating visual movement through chromatic precision rather than gesture or brushwork.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

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Conferring Blue

1980 · color screenprint

Sheet: 63.5 x 63.5 cm (25 x 25 in.); Image: 60.2 x 60.2 cm (23 11/16 x 23 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Filtration Eleven

1977 · two color screenprints (diptych)

Sheet: 83.4 x 83.5 cm (32 13/16 x 32 7/8 in.); Image: 81.9 x 82.1 cm (32 1/4 x 32 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Flow

1971 · acrylic on canvas

Framed: 121.9 x 91.4 cm (48 x 36 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Quadrille

1970 · screenprint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Filtered Yellow

1968 · acrylic on canvas

Unframed: 182.8 x 243.8 cm (71 15/16 x 96 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Obsession II

1965 · Acrylic on canvas

63 × 53 in. (160 × 134.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1964 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 45.2 × 69 cm (17 13/16 × 27 3/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 76.5 cm (22 1/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fluctuation

1964 · Lithograph

composition: 13 5/16 x 13 1/4" (33.8 x 33.6cm); sheet: 20 x 18 7/8" (50.8 x 47.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Duel

1963 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

54" x 6' 6" (137.2 x 198.1 cm)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Dimensional

screenprint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 13 catalogued · 4 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued3 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Flow
1971 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Filtered Yellow
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Quadrille
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Conferring Blue
1980 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Filtration Eleven
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Dimensional
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstract
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements2

Geometric Abstraction Color Field

Collections5

Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Wright

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Wright

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Responsive Eye

New York · 1965