<I>Recarte</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Mavis Pusey, Jamaican American, 1928 - 2019
notes: label: Caption
content: “My work consists of geometrical forms in a variety of geometrical configurations. These forms are based on buildings around the Manhattan area. I am inspired by the energy and the beat of the construction and demolition of these buildings—the tempo and movement mold into a synthesis, and for me, become another aesthetic of abstraction.” — Mavis Pusey
label: Caption
content: During her career, Mavis Pusey experimented with and combined a variety of aesthetic styles, including cubism, constructivism, futurism, and geometric abstraction, which resulted in her unique form of artistic expression. A truly international artist, Pusey was born in Jamaica and has lived in Paris, London, and New York. She submitted Recarte to the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 1968 and was awarded a financial grant.
label: Description
content: This oil painting on canvas is an abstract configuration of various geometrical forms in red, green, yellow, blue, and black. Rectilinear forms make up a composition of blocks and a few partial spherical shapes standing and leaning against one another.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Conservation funded by grant from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.13.2
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Mavis Pusey
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (unframed): 63 × 45 1/4 × 1 in. (160 × 115 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 65 3/4 × 47 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (167 × 120.7 × 6.4 cm)