id:			147075
accession number:	1972.91
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.91
updated:		2023-08-22 11:27:28.395000

Rotation Series: Segment: #CM, c. 1971. John Pearson (American, b. 1940). Silkscreen on canvas; unframed: 284.4 x 442 cm (111 15/16 x 174 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wishing Well Fund 1972.91 © John Pearson

title:				Rotation Series: Segment: #CM
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creation date:			c. 1971
creation date earliest:		1966
creation date latest:		1976
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creditline:			Wishing Well Fund
copyright:			© John Pearson

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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	silkscreen on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* John Pearson (American, b. 1940)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 284.4 x 442 cm (111 15/16 x 174 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 53rd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of The Western Reserve
	opening date:   1972-05-03T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 53rd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of The Western Reserve</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-June 11, 1972).

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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As opposed to allowing improvisation or traditional artistic techniques guide him, Pearson arrived at this composition by following rules he defined for himself. First, he limited his chromatic span and matched each color to a specific diagonal axis--as seen in the bottom strip of the canvas. Then he accumulated colored lines within discrete rectangles following a mathematical progression--for example, 12+11, 12+11+10, 12+11+10+9--and so on. The outcome remained unknown until he completed the painting. Pearson’s method is equal interplay between the artist’s aesthetic intervention and impersonal investigation. The linear formations and the application of color by silkscreening accentuates the work’s sense of control. Nevertheless, the resulting expansive field allows for unpredictable color formations.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Pearson Entry Card to 1972 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS14538

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