Word: definiton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Composition (1952), space is sectioned off by geometric forms, creating depth and volume within a closed space. The white has traces of black to reveal the underlying layers of the painting as well as to indicate the presence of the painter himself. High Street (1950) portrays a more complicated definiton of space less successfully through the application of black and white. The forms are more planar, and the white is cleaner; thus, the painting is pushed to its surface. These works are not the most appealing of Kline's efforts because they do not achieve the opticality and the ambiguous...
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