id:			143466
accession number:	1967.4
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.4
updated:		2025-02-09 03:20:33.640000

Relational Painting Tondo No. 12, 1949. Fritz Glarner (American, 1899–1972). Oil on masonite panel; framed: 46.5 x 45.5 x 6.5 cm (18 5/16 x 17 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); diameter: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1967.4

title:				Relational Painting Tondo No. 12
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creation date:			1949
creation date earliest:		1949
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on masonite panel
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Fritz Glarner (American, 1899–1972)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 46.5 x 45.5 x 6.5 cm (18 5/16 x 17 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Diameter: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right: Glarner 49 
Written on back: Tondo No. 12 Paris 1949
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		Mondrian and American Abstraction
	opening date:   1973-03-31T05:00:00
	<i>Mondrian and American Abstraction</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (March 31-May 13, 1973).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 86, p. 121, color repr. p. 33.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	G. David Thompson (1899–1965), Pittsburgh, PA.
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	[B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago]
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, purchased in 1967.
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CITATIONS

	“Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 346, no. 135; Reproduced: p. 329
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152183

	Diller, Burgoyne, Leon Polk Smith, and Edward B. Henning. “Two New Paintings in the Neo-Plastic Tradition.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 4 (April 1975): 106–119.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 106-107, fig. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152584

	Neet, Jane. “Mondrian’s ‘Chrysanthemum.’” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 7 (September 1987): 282–303.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 286, fig. 6
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159997

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 32-33, no. 86
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