Fatal Plunge
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- Acrylic on canvas
- made in
- United States, North and Central America
- possibly made in
- South Shaftsbury, Vermont, United States, North and Central America
- possibly made in
- Northport, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 97 x 68 in. (246.4 x 172.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Fisher
- Rights
- © Jules Olitski/Licensed by ARS, New York, NY
- Object Number
- 628:1979
NOTES
In this asymmetrical composition, an expanse of cobalt blue is balanced by a small red curve and purple dot. Jules Olitski modeled this arrangement after the shape of a woman’s breast. Olitski applied thinned acrylic paint onto a large unprimed canvas; this staining technique resulted in soft-edged shapes. Influential art critic Clement Greenberg admired Olitski’s work for its openness and flat planes of color, referring to him in 1987 as “the best painter alive.”
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