Construction # 16

Artist Burgoyne Diller (American, 1906 - 1965)

Date1938

MediumWood and paint

DimensionsOverall: H 32 x W 28 x D 5 3/4 in. (H 81.3 x W 71.1 x D 14.6 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1959 The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund

Object number59.377

CopyrightArt © Estate of Burgoyne Diller/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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Object NameSculpture

Title Details

Primary Title Construction # 16

Remarks verso inscription

InscriptionsVerso: "diller / Construction #16 1938". "Rose Fried Gallery / 40 East 68 Street / N.Y.C."Marks and Labels/StampsVerso label: "Walker Art Center, Burgoyne Diller Exhibition, 11 December 1971-10 January 1972; Dallas 16 February-26 March; Pasadena Art Museum, 9 May-2 July"ProvenanceArtist, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.Exhibition History"American Abstract Artists in the George L.K. Morris Studio", Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio, 6/20/2019-10/20/2019
"Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s - 50s" Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 17 - May 23, 2010); Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (June 26 - September 5, 2010).
"Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America", Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (November 5 - December 31, 1983); to Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (June 28 - September 2, 1984).
"Vanguard American Sculpture, 1913 - 1939", Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (August 1979)
"Burgoyne Diller", Walker Art Center, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (December 11, 1971 - January 10, 1972); to Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California (May 5 - July 2, 1972).
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., ( March 1963)

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