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Jan Schoonhoven

Slant Levels in Four Directions, 1966

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Description

Maker

  • Jan Schoonhoven, 1914 - 1994, Dutch

Title

Slant Levels in Four Directions

Year

1966

Medium

painted cardboard on wood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paint

Supports

  • cardboard construction on wood

Dimensions

100.3 x 100.3 x 8.9 cm (39 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 3 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On reverse:J.J. Schoonhoven1966Schuine vlakken in 4 rictingen

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mr. Roy R. Neuberger

Object Number

67.164

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Building Blocks

May 6, 2011 - March 25, 2012

Jan Schoonhoven was a founding member of the Dutch art group Nul, which was established in 1960 in rebellion against 1950s expressionistic painting. Rather than using active gesturalbrushwork, these artists aimed to represent space with uniform, monochromatic fields of color and serial compositions. By 1960 Schoonhoven had limited his palette exclusively to white, but there is still evidence of the artist’s hand at work in his minimalist wall reliefs. Slant Levels in Four Directions consists of a square panel divided into a grid of twenty-five squares, each of which consists of four smaller faceted square units. The geometric regularity is modified somewhat by the play of light across the variously tilted surfaces, creating a sense of depth, movement, and surprising variation.

Jim Isermann

November 17, 2000 - March 4, 2001

New Acquisitions 1967-1968.

January 1, 1967 - January 1, 1968

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