Representative work by Charles Demuth
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Artist

Charles Demuth

1883–1935 · American

Charles Demuth combined watercolor delicacy with the hard-edged geometry of Precisionism. His industrial scenes and poster portraits reduce American architecture and identity into sharply organized planes, numbers and letterforms.

Painting; watercolor

Major Works

  • 1928I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
  • 1927My Egypt
  • 1928The Figure 5 in Gold
  • 1921Incense of a New Church
  • 1933After All
  • 1930Buildings, Lancaster
  • 1921Aucassin and Nicolette
  • 1917Bermuda No. 2, The Schooner
  • 1921Spring
  • 1931And the Home of the Brave →

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