id:			136215
accession number:	1960.115
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.115
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:47.779000

Water Form, 1947. William Baziotes (American, 1912–1963). Oil on canvas; framed: 54 x 63.6 x 5.2 cm (21 1/4 x 25 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.); unframed: 50.8 x 60.6 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1960.115 © Estate of William Baziotes

title:				Water Form
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creation date:			1947
creation date earliest:		1947
creation date latest:		1947
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© Estate of William Baziotes

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* William Baziotes (American, 1912–1963)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 54 x 63.6 x 5.2 cm (21 1/4 x 25 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 60.6 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left: Baziotes
Written on back of canvas in black paint: Water Form/Wm. Baziotes 1947
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		William Baziotes: Metamorphosis
	opening date:   2004-09-03T00:00:00
	<i>William Baziotes: Metamorphosis</i>. Peggy Guggenheim Collection,The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy (organizer) (September 3, 2004-January 9, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Baziotes: New Paintings," Koontz Gallery, New York, April 7--26, 1947, no. 3.', 'opening_date': '1947-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice: Palazzo Venier (9/3/2004 - 1/9/2005):  "William Baziotes: Metamorphosis", ex. cat. no. 24, p.83.', 'opening_date': '2004-09-03T00:00:00'}

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