The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Diagonal Passage 120 1

1947–1948

Leon Polk Smith

(American, born Indian Territory, [now United States], 1906–1996)
America
oil on wood panel
Diameter: 60.3 cm (23 3/4 in.)
Purchased with a grant from the NEA and matched by gifts from members of The Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art 1974.83
© The Leon Polk Smith Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: Not on view
  • Diller, Burgoyne, Leon Polk Smith, and Edward B. Henning. “Two New Paintings in the Neo-Plastic Tradition.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 4 (April 1975): 106–119. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 116-117, fig. 16 www.jstor.org
    Humblet, Claudine. The New American Abstraction 1950-1970. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2007. p. 211
    Fellah, Nadiah Rivera. "Closing the Gap: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith in American Museums." In Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith, edited by Dana Miller, 36-43. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2025. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 42, fig. 9
  • Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-August 26, 1984).
    Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
  • {{cite web|title=Diagonal Passage 120 1|url=false|author=Leon Polk Smith|year=1947–1948|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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