P-98
Date1979
Artist
Robert Larry Straight
(American painter, born 1946)
MediumOil, encaustic, and acrylic on mixed media support
Dimensions36 × 36 × 11 in. (91.4 × 91.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2015
Object number2015-77
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextOne stylistic response to the detachment of Minimalism was the Pattern and Decoration movement. Artists working in the mid to late 1970s, such as Robert Straight, found inspiration in the geometric designs of Amerindian and Islamic art, creating layered, collaged abstract work with experimental surface textures.
