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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Cube
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Cube

Artist (1935 - 2005)
Date1970
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions61 1/4 x 71 1/4 in. (155.6 x 181 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.48
Signedverso: [artist's signature]
Accession number 2010.48
On View
On view
Provenanceby descent in Artist's family; to Private Collection, 1975; to (Sotheby's, New York, NY), September 27, 2010, lot 162; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2010
Label TextCube methodically mixes rigid geometry, illusion, and brushy paint strokes. Through perspective and crisp edges, a three-dimensional space appears on an otherwise flat surface.

Alvin Loving made abstract paintings at a time when some Black artists were being called to create politically and socially charged artwork. Though often not overtly political in subject matter, his pioneering approach to abstraction helped expand the national dialogue around Black art in America.

Cubo mezcla metódicamente geometría rígida, ilusión y pinceladas cargadas. Gracias a la perspectiva y los bordes definidos, se aprecia un espacio tridimensional en una superficie por lo demás plana.

Alvin Loving creó pinturas abstractas en una época en la que se instaba a algunos artistas negros a crear obras de arte de gran carga social y política. Su enfoque pionero a la abstracción, aunque no presentaba una temática abiertamente política, ayudó a profundizar el diálogo nacional acerca del arte negro en Estados Unidos.

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