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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Vertically oriented oil painting completely covered in overlaid strokes of green, blue, yellow, white, orange, and red built up in thick layers on the canvas, looking like a meadow blurred into pure specks of color.

Metallic

1963

Milton Resnick

(American, 1917–2004)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 71.2 x 172.6 cm (28 1/16 x 67 15/16 in.)
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.3
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” February 19, 1964, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Henning, Edward B. “The Language of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 9 (November 1964): 211–231. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 227-228, fig. 12 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
    New Accessions, U.S.A.. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO (organizer) (June 15-September 13, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Metallic|url=false|author=Milton Resnick|year=1963|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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