Painting - <I>Heptagon 1:3:3 Triangle</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1973
name: label: painter
content: Johnson, Crockett
notes: label: Description
content: This painting is part of Crockett Johnson's exploration of the properties of the heptagon, extended to include a 14-sided regular polygon. The design of the painting is shown in his figure, which includes many of the line segments in the painting. Here Crockett Johnson argues that the triangle ABF in the figure is the one he sought, with angle FAB being one seventh of pi. Segment CD in the figure, which appears in the painting, is the length of the edge of a regular 14-sided figure inscribed in a portion of the larger circle shown.
label: Description
content: The painting, of oil or acrylic on masonite, is number 105 in the series. It is drawn in shades of cream, blue, and purple on a light purple background. It has a metal frame and is unsigned.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Crockett Johnson
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Krauss in memory of Crockett Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1093.72
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1093.72
label: accession number
content: 1979.1093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: masonite (substrate material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 77 cm x 41 cm x 2.5 cm; 30 5/16 in x 16 1/8 in x in