© Estate of Jennifer Bartlett
On view
Modern Art
Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Gallery
Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Gallery
Four Right Angles,
1972
Jennifer Bartlett, 1941–2022; born Long Beach, CA; died Amagansett, NY; active New York, NY
2013-88 a-mm
Bartlett often used a grid to structure her artworks, reflecting, “Anything can be seen in terms of a grid. By having two lines intersecting, you have a little small defined space.” In Four Right Angles, the first four plates of each row represent different permutations of the same “rule,” while the last plate of each row collates and summarizes the preceding permutations. For Bartlett, this method of creation was not only a conceptual process but also a painterly one. As she later noted, “You’re going to get a variation in the thinness or thickness of the paint, you know, as it gets used up from the brush, and that creates its own rhythm, which is not in the least a mechanical one.”
Information
Title
Four Right Angles
Dates
1972
Maker
Medium
Enamel over screenprint grid on baked enamel steel plates
Dimensions
each plate: 30.5 x 30.5 cm. (12 x 12 in.)
overall: 261.6 x 162.6 cm. (103 x 64 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2013-88 a-mm
Culture
Type
Materials
Jennifer Bartlett, the artist, New York, New York, consigned to; [Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], sold; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2013.
