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Abstraction No. 12

1950
Ad Reinhardt (American, 1913–1967)
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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