Documented facthigh certainty
movement context
The National Gallery positions Morrison's 1961 Untitled within its Abstract Expressionist and New York School holdings and notes his work/exhibiting alongside fellow Abstract Expressionists.
- Catalog medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession
- 2022.123.1
Physical record
Scale without reproducing the image
- Metric
- 96.2 × 111.4 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 3 ft 1.9 in × 3 ft 7.9 in
- Planar area (calculated)
- 1.07 m²
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 0.66×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 0.57×
Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.
Image decision: Bundled display blocked by external_reference_only/external_link_only.
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Process, material, form, ideas
Claims / interpretation
Evidence with its type exposed
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Source interpretationhigh certainty
cultural context
The National Gallery describes the work as engaging New York School concerns while also presenting a Native worldview and Anishinaabe cosmological structure.
Evidence sources (1)
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Related records
- Process as structuretendency · artwork relates to tendency
- Surface as material eventtendency · artwork relates to tendency
Documented path / mapping basis exposed
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Object → maker
- George Morrisonartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
Material & process
- Direct tube applicationtechniqueBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- Oil paintmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Formal & thematic
- Surface relief / heavy impastoformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- Cultural context without reductionconceptBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- Process as structuretendency · artwork relates to tendencyBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
- Surface as material eventtendency · artwork relates to tendencyBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
Exhibition, place & history
- Place this date on the AEU timeline1961Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
Close Look
- Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.
Source register
Direct record sources
- Untitled by George Morrisonmuseum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗