The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
White Oval
1955
(American, 1907–1981)
Unframed: 47.3 x 62.9 cm (18 5/8 x 24 3/4 in.)
© The Estate of Ilya Bolotowsky / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Unlike his contemporaries, Bolotowsky painted many works on oval, circular, or diamond-shaped canvases.Description
Bolotowsky had a difficult childhood, which entailed immigrating to New York from Russia via a two-year interlude in Constantinople. After the “violent historical upheavals in my early life,” he once stated, “I came to prefer a search for an ideal harmony and order.” These qualities are manifest in White Oval, one of the artist’s most serene compositions.- Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.3