id:			147478
accession number:	1973.211
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.211
updated:		2025-03-15 11:04:46.794000

First Theme, 1963. Burgoyne Diller (American, 1906–1965). Oil on canvas; framed: 231 x 99 x 4 cm (90 15/16 x 39 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 228.6 x 96.5 cm (90 x 38 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1973.211 ©  Estate of Burgoyne Diller / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				First Theme
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creation date:			1963
creation date earliest:		1963
creation date latest:		1963
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright:			©  Estate of Burgoyne Diller / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Burgoyne Diller (American, 1906–1965)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 231 x 99 x 4 cm (90 15/16 x 39 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 228.6 x 96.5 cm (90 x 38 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	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': '"Burgoyne Diller Exhibition," Walker Art Center, Minn. (Dec. 1971 - Jan.16, 1972), Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (Feb. 16 - March 26, 1972), Pasadena Art Museum (May 9 - July 2, 1972).', 'opening_date': '1972-02-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (Spring 1973).', 'opening_date': '1973-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Year in Review 1973," CMA (1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Burgoyne Diller," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Sept. 14 - Nov. 26, 1990).', 'opening_date': '1990-09-14T00:00:00'}

* {'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. 102, p. 122, color repr. p. 66.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–78.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 57; Mentioned: p. 77, no. 142
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	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: p. 107-108; Reproduced: Cover
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152584

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 253
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n273

	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. 66-67, no. 102
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