Cadmium Orange of Dr. Frankenstein

Jules Olitski, Cadmium Orange of Dr. Frankenstein, 1962, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection, 1980.6.6
Copied Jules Olitski, Cadmium Orange of Dr. Frankenstein, 1962, acrylic on canvas, 90 3880 in. (229.5203.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection, 1980.6.6

Artwork Details

Title
Cadmium Orange of Dr. Frankenstein
Date
1962
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
90 3880 in. (229.5203.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract
Object Number
1980.6.6

Artwork Description

Color Field Painting emerged in the United States in the 1950s. The movement is characterized by pouring, staining, spraying, or painting thinned paint onto raw canvas to create vast expanses of color. These works — by artists such as Gene Davis, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, and Jules Olitski — are considered crowning achievements of postwar American abstract art. Washington, DC, washome home to a number of these artists who became known as the Washington Color School. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has one of the largest collections of Color Field painting in the world.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Commemorative Guide. Nashville, TN: Beckon Books, 2015.