id: 143466
accession number: 1967.4
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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: 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, 20th century
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
Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
title: Mondrian and American Abstraction
opening date: 1973-03-31T05:00:00
Mondrian and American Abstraction. 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
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* 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.
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PROVENANCE
G. David Thompson; (B. C. Holland Gallery, Paris)
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Through his close friendship with Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Fritz Glarner evolved an aesthetic philosophy he called "Relational Painting," expanding his colleague's pursuit of pure form, color, and dynamic equilibrium. Moving beyond the balanced vertical and horizontal compositions of Mondrian, Glarner introduced a slightly slanted line into his rectangles. The result was two forms related to but different from a rectangle, which together made a unique form. The slanted line also added a subtle feeling of motion, or dynamism, to the composition. By working in a tondo, or circular format, Glarner further unified the forms within his painting by making them all share a segment of the circle's circumference. The patterns of red, yellow, and blue that advance and recede, and the delicate gradations of gray, black, and white, set up a rhythm and add depth to the space.
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CITATIONS
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 32-33, no. 86
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