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Power Plant II

1949
(American, 1896–1983)
America, 20th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 63.5 x 79 x 4 cm (25 x 31 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 50.9 x 61 cm (20 1/16 x 24 in.)
Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund 1982.178
Location: 226B American Modern
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A journalist before she turned painter, von Wiegand once worked as a foreign correspondent in Moscow.

Description

A lively composition of rectangles and squares arranged like conduits in a grid, Power Plant II pulses with energy befitting its title. Von Wiegand, a forceful woman with great flair, served a term as president of Abstract American Artists, an organization established to promote abstraction at a time when it generated strong critical and popular resistance.
Power Plant II

Power Plant II

1949

Charmion von Wiegand

(American, 1896–1983)
America, 20th century

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