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Jupiter IV

1974

Al Held

(American, 1928–2005)
Culture
America
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 152.4 x 152.4 cm (60 x 60 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with a grant from the NEA and matched by gifts from members of The Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art 1976.101
Copyright
© Al Held Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
224A Contemporary Corridor
Print
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Did You Know?

Before enlisting in the United States Navy in 1945, Held claimed to have been expelled from high school in the Bronx.

Description

From 1969 to 1978, the American painter Al Held investigated spatial conundrums by suggesting volume and depth in large, stark paintings like Jupiter IV. Over a flat, white surface he superimposed bold, black lines of varying thickness to render interlocking cubes, flowing circular forms, and other three-dimensional shapes, providing a complex symphony of continuous geometrical forms floating in infinite space.
Acrylic painting with minimalist shapes outlined in black on a white surface. A thick-lined cube extends across the canvas in the background, overlayed by fine lined cubes in the center and lower right corner. Between these two layers of shapes are overlapping arcs of circles, with two thin-lined triangular prisms in the lower center and left.

Jupiter IV

1974

Al Held

(American, 1928–2005)
America

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