id: 149337 accession number: 1978.163 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.163 updated: 2022-01-04 16:52:06.507000 Violet-Green, 1964. Craig Kauffman (American, 1932-2010). Acrylic on plexiglas; framed: 122.6 x 92.7 x 12.7 cm (48 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 5 in.); unframed: 122 x 91.5 cm (48 1/16 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Frank Stella 1978.163 © Estate of Craig Kauffman / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York title: Violet-Green title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1964 creation date earliest: 1964 creation date latest: 1964 current location: creditline: Gift of Frank Stella copyright: © Estate of Craig Kauffman / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: acrylic on plexiglas department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Craig Kauffman (American, 1932-2010) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 122.6 x 92.7 x 12.7 cm (48 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 5 in.); Unframed: 122 x 91.5 cm (48 1/16 x 36 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1978 opening date: 1979-02-13T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * "Year in Review 1978," The Cleveland Museum of Art (1979). The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LXVI (Jan. 1979), p. 45, cat. no. 119. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Los Angeles-based artist Craig Kauffman has been creating vacuum-formed plastic wall reliefs since the 1960s, when he gained notoriety as a so-called Finish Fetish artist. Members of this West Coast movement used technological processes and materials, such as polymer, plastics, and paints, to create smooth, high-gloss works of art. For example, the native southern California tradition of customizing surfboards, boats, and automobiles with painted flames and panoramic scenes influenced Kauffman and his fellow Californian Don Eddy. Like the minimalist artists who gained notoriety later in the 1960s, Kauffman's super-slick, clean-edged aesthetic was achieved by adapting industrial manufacturing processes to art making. Here, the art object is a section of injection-molded plastic. While the "painting's" smooth surface and iridescent, Day-Glo green color are visually enticing, the object itself does not invite the viewer to touch and appreciate its physicality. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES