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Diffraction #9
Diffraction #9

Diffraction #9

Artist (1902 - 1971)
Date1948
MediumOil on glass mounted with pegs above oil and metallic paint on board in artist's frame
Dimensions18 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (47.6 × 29.8 cm)
Framed: 29 × 22 in.
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Bequest of Dr. Francis V. O’Connor, by exchange, 2025.12
Accession number 2025.12
On View
On view
Provenancegiven by the Artist to “Paul” after 1955; Private Collection, CA; to Private Collection, AZ; to (D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY), 2020; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2025
Inscribedverso: For Paul / with love / from Irene / Diffraction #9
verso, label: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / I.R. Pereira / 51.1427
vero, label: The Museum of Modern Art / [illegible] STREET NEW YORK / ARTIST: I. RICE PEREIRA DEFFRACTION #9 / TITLE: HOW THE [illegible] ARTIST WORKS / CIRCULATING EXHIBITION NO. E.P. 62 / MUSEUM NO. BOX NO.
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
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2009
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1967
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2012
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1965
Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Jordan Spencer.
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2019
Image courtesy the Artist and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. ©️ Basil Kincaid.
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2020-2022
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1958
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Nancy Grossman
1965