Neo-Plastic Column #86
Artist
Ilya Bolotowsky
(American, 1907-1981)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1965
MediumPainted wood
DimensionsOverall: 81 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. (207 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2012
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223
Label TextIlya Bolotowsky American, b. Russia, 1907–1981 Neo-Plastic Column #86, ca. 1965 Painted wood Ilya Bolotowsky was one of a number of American artists who, beginning in the mid-1930s, responded to the influence of European movements devoted to geometric forms and the abstract play of primary colors against black and white. Here he creates a column with no clear front or back, so that equal compositional interest is sustained from every vantage point. Each surface of the square column is painted with a different pattern of yellow, blue, black, and white rectangles. Thus, each of the four sides reads as a complete and independent composition. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2012 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 9, 1981 - September 13, 1981. "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.
