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f th
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xp
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np
lan
ne
d,
an
d t
he
un
co
ns
cio
us
Sty
lis
tic
so
urc
es
:
1)
a s
tru
ctu
ral
ax
is:
cu
bis
m a
nd
g
eo
me
tric
ab
str
ac
tio
n
foc
us
on
la
ng
ua
ge
; re
jec
tio
n o
f p
ers
pe
cti
ve;
inc
orp
ora
tio
n o
f th
e
rea
l w
orl
d
Ab
stra
ct
Exp
ress
ion
ism
: A
xes
of
Infl
uen
ce
Thi
s im
age
and
the
text
cor
resp
ondi
ng to
this
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e m
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ith
: H
ud
son
Riv
er L
an
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ap
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51, M
eta
l, Ir
on
allo
y, S
teel
;50
1/4
in. x
74
1/4
in. x
18
3/8
in.
Ele
gy
to t
he
Sp
an
ish
Rep
ub
lic, #
34,
195
3-5
4, o
il o
n c
an
vas
Ro
be
rt M
oth
erw
ell:
Pa
nch
o V
illa
, D
ead
an
d A
live
194
3, o
il, g
ou
ach
e, c
olla
ge
on
ca
rdb
oa
rd
Mo
on
Wo
ma
n
Cu
ts t
he
Cir
cle
Jack
son
Po
lloc
k,
194
3
oil
on
ca
nva
s4
2 x
40
in
Ro
thk
o:
Slo
w S
wir
l at
the
E
dg
e o
f th
e S
ea, 1
94
4o
il/ca
nva
s, 6
' 3 3
/8"
x 7
' 3/4
"
Ne
wm
an
: S
on
g o
f O
rph
eu
s1
944
, o
il, o
il c
ray
on
, wa
x
cra
yo
n, 1
9 x
14
"
Th
e b
etr
oth
al I
I,
Ars
hile
Go
rky
, 19
47
.
oil/
Ca
nva
s,50
3/4
x 3
8 in
ch
es.
Fro
m s
urr
ea
lism
, in
pa
rtic
ula
r:
the
imp
ort
anc
e o
f u
ne
xp
ect
ed
ju
xta
po
sit
ion
s
"de
nia
l" o
f th
e a
rtis
t-c
rea
tor
co
nn
ec
tio
n f
rom
th
e c
olle
cti
ve
un
co
ns
cio
us
to
th
e r
ea
l wo
rld
a
uto
ma
tis
m a
nd
bio
mo
rph
ism
an
d t
he
fr
ee
do
m t
o d
ev
elo
p n
ew
te
ch
niq
ue
s
Ind
efi
nit
ive
Div
isib
ility
Yve
s T
an
gu
y,
194
2
oil
on
ca
nva
s
An
dre
Ma
sso
n:
Dea
th H
ea
d, 1
927
oil
an
d s
an
d o
n c
an
vas
Thi
s im
age
and
the
text
cor
resp
ondi
ng to
this
imag
e m
ay o
nly
be u
sed
for
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erci
al, e
duca
tiona
l, an
d sc
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l: co
lor
stud
y fo
r In
dus
tria
l Life
m
ura
l for
the
HH
S
bui
ldin
g in
Wa
sh.
D.C
., 1
930
s
Pio
nee
r D
ays
an
d E
arl
y S
ettl
ers
(in
th
e M
isso
uri
Sta
te
Ca
pit
ol)
, Th
om
as
Ha
rt B
ento
n, 1
936
4)
the
ax
is o
f ti
me
, p
eri
od
an
d
pla
ce
: th
e W
PA
. A
me
ric
an
S
ce
ne
, a
nd
th
e M
ex
ica
n
mu
rali
sts
(or:
po
liti
cs,
so
cia
l re
leva
nc
e a
nd
th
e m
yth
of
"mo
de
rn m
an
")
Ho
fma
nn
: G
old
en
Wa
ll, 1
961
, oil
on
ca
nva
s, 6
0x7
2 1
/4"
Ho
fma
nn
: S
um
me
r N
igh
t's
Dre
am
, 19
57,
o/c
, 52
x 6
0in
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ofm
an
n:
La
nd
sca
pe
, 1
940
, o
il o
n b
oa
rd, 3
0 X
35
in
Un
titl
ed,
Ha
ns
Ho
fma
nn
1944
, mix
ed m
ed
ia o
n
ges
soed
ply
wo
od
3)
the
ax
is o
f s
pir
itu
al
ab
str
ac
tio
n a
nd
th
e c
ha
lle
ng
e t
o
the
clo
se
d-f
orm
ca
no
n:
Ka
nd
ins
ky
an
d H
ofm
an
n
the
ge
sa
mtk
un
stw
erk
rea
lis
m =
ab
str
ac
tio
np
us
h-a
nd
-pu
ll o
f c
olo
r a
nd
fo
rm
Cu
bi V
II, 1
963
-5
Thi
s im
age
and
the
text
cor
resp
ondi
ng to
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imag
e m
ay o
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cap
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efo
re a
bst
ract
ex
pre
ssio
nis
m, a
ll o
f th
is h
ad
be
en
acc
om
plis
hed
:
rea
lity
lies
wit
hin
th
e p
ain
tin
glib
era
tio
n o
f c
olo
r a
nd
sp
ac
elib
era
tio
n o
f th
e a
rtis
tre
jec
tio
n o
f th
e cl
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d f
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ch
alle
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e to
th
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pa
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on
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nu
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lity
con
tin
uu
m f
rom
th
e u
nco
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s to
th
e re
al w
orl
d
Wh
at
do
es a
bst
rac
t ex
pre
ssio
nis
m a
dd
?
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titl
ed
Ma
rk R
oth
ko
, 1
952
oil
on
ca
nva
s81
x 6
8 in
.
Vir
He
roic
us
Su
blim
is19
50
/51,
oil
on
ca
nva
s9
6"
x 2
16
"
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the
ab
str
ac
t s
ub
lime
Pic
ass
o:
Gu
ern
ica
, 19
37,
oil/
can
vas,
137
x 3
05 in
.
Jose
Cle
me
nte:
E
pic
of
Am
eric
an
Civ
iliza
tion
(pa
nel 1
6:
His
pan
o-
Am
eric
a),
193
2-4
(Dar
tmo
uth
Co
lleg
e L
ibra
ry)
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s im
age
and
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text
cor
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194
2
oil
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ca
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s
73
x 8
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ph
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942
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il o
n c
an
vas,
40
x 5
6 in
Bir
th,
19
38,
46
x 2
2.5
in.
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llock
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nti
tled
n
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bo
ok
pa
ge
of
pic
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rap
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pa
inti
ng
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olp
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ott
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: O
men
s o
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pri
ng
, 19
50
Po
lloc
k: u
nti
tle
d (
na
ked
ma
n
wit
h k
nif
e),
ca 1
938
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: L
egen
d o
f th
e R
ac
es (
det
ail,
bla
ck
an
d
wh
ite
rep
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ion
, 193
3)
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lloc
k: G
oin
g W
est,
19
34-5
oil
on
fib
erb
oa
rd, 3
8.2
x 5
2.7
cm
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s im
age
and
the
text
cor
resp
ondi
ng to
this
imag
e m
ay o
nly
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am
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. 20
7 in
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of
the
Web
(N
um
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7),
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49o
il a
nd
en
am
el o
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om
po
siti
on
bo
ard
, 4
x 8
ftN
um
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1 (
1948
), 1
948,
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an
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na
me
l on
ca
nva
s68
x 1
06
in.
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in t
he
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)1
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, o
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n c
an
vas
54
x 4
4 in
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lax
y, 1
94
7o
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lum
iniu
m p
ain
t, g
rave
l o
n c
an
vas,
43
1/2
x 3
4 in
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ll F
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om
Fiv
e19
4750
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x 3
0 1/
8
oil,
na
ils, t
ack
s, o
n c
an
vas
Mu
ral (
de
tail)
, 19
43
un
titl
ed,
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h p
ou
rin
g, 1
943
Pa
sip
ha
e, 1
943
. oil
on
ca
nva
s, 5
6 1/
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6"th
e t
ran
sit
ion
in P
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ck
's p
ain
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g:
Fro
m P
as
iph
ae
to
Nu
mb
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On
e, 1
94
8:
a
tra
ns
itio
n f
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th
e p
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ph
to
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stu
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o
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uri
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a c
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in s
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a c
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text
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lack
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92 x
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