Around the Point
Artist
Irene Rice Pereira
(American, 1902 - 1971)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1962
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall, Support: 32 x 42 in. (81.3 x 106.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 1/4 x 49 1/2 in. (99.7 x 125.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 1/4 x 49 1/2 in. (99.7 x 125.7 cm)
InscribedSigned at lower left "I. Rice Pereira".
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number63.70.100
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223
Label TextIrene Rice Pereira American (1902-1971) Around the Point, ca. 1962 Oil on canvas Resembling notes in a musical score, long-stemmed squares join a fleet of rougher totemic shapes as they float across a field of horizontal bands evoking the sea and sky. Infused with brilliant dark and light blue colors, Around the Point exemplifies the artist’s quest to balance and order the elements of the visible world following the dictates of geometric abstraction. Gift of Irene Rice Pereira 63.70.100 Exhibition History"The Alfred Khouri Memorial Collection," The Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences, Norfolk, VA, July 2 - August 4, 1963. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. "Making and Meaning: Selections from the Chrysler Museum of Art Collection," Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, June 1 - August 11, 2013.Published ReferencesTHE ALFRED KHOURI MEMORIAL COLLECTION, (Norfolk, VA: Norolk Museum of Arts & Sciences, 1963), No. 140, b/w ill., n.p.
