abstract (general art genre)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
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The Museum's Contemporary American Acquisitions, January 20-February 28, 1949
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Abstract
An exhibition of paintings by Walter Stuempfig, Ben Shahn, Yves Tenguy, and Charles Howard purchased from the Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting (1948).
Dates:
January 20-February 28, 1949