Golden Section Painting: Parallelogram with Two Small Squares
Dorothea Rockburne
Canadian, born America, 1931

Details
Title
Golden Section Painting: Parallelogram with Two Small Squares
Artist/Maker
Dorothea Rockburne (Canadian, born America, 1931)
Date
1976
Medium
Linen, varnish, glue, gesso, chalk
Dimensions
109 1/2 x 68 inches
Credit
Gift of S. I. Newhouse, Jr.
Accession #
1984.183
Dorothea Rockburne often based her works on systems of proportions that she admired for their inherent rationality and beauty. Mathematical structures stabilize her work with an inner logic and overall compositional clarity. In Golden Section: Parallelogram with Two Small Squares, one of eight paintings in the Vellum Curve Series, Rockburne used linen, gesso, and varnish to create combinations of shapes and patterns that correspond to the geometric precision and elegance of the Golden Section, an ancient Greek equation meant to convey ideal spiritual harmony.
Image Copyright
© Dorothea Rockburne/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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