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Abstraction No. 12

1950

Ad Reinhardt, American, 1913 - 1967

Oil on canvas
40 1/16 x 59 7/8 inches (101.8 x 152.1 cm)

© Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Currently not on view

1978-177-1

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken, 1978

Label

Abstraction No. 12 is a lyrical example of Ad Reinhardt's paintings from the early 1950s, dominated by horizontal and vertical brushstrokes that make up a loose grid structure. Reinhardt called works like this one his "brick paintings."

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