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John Altoon

American
(1925–1969)

Untitled
1955-1956

Oil on paper
38.25 x 48.125 x 1.75 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2001.54

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  • abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
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