Two Rhythms

Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

Main Building

Two Rhythms

1916

Edith Clifford Williams (American, 1885–1971)

Clifford Williams, as she was known professionally, was one of several women artists participating in the New York avant-garde during the early twentieth century. Although she was herself reticent to provide an exact interpretation of this abstract painting, the soft, green spiral rising at the center suggests the rhythm of the natural world, while the interrupting arcs of yellow evoke a more mechanical source: the whirr of a wheel, the flight of a plane, or a spark of electricity.

Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Two Rhythms

Date:

1916

Artist:

Edith Clifford Williams (American, 1885–1971)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

29 × 28 15/16 inches (73.7 × 73.5 cm) Framed: 31 1/4 × 31 3/16 × 2 3/4 inches (79.4 × 79.2 × 7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-134-524

Geography:

Made in New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

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