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Accession #	66.230
Artist	Gertrude Greene
Title	Construction in Ochre
Date	1941
Medium	Oil, wood, and Masonite on Masonite
Dimensions	36 1/8 x 24in. (91.8 x 61cm) frame: 40 5/8 x 28 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (103.2 x 72.4 x 4.4 cm)
Signed	Signed verso in chalk: "Gertrude Greene / 1941"
Credit Line	Gift of Balcomb Greene
Location	Visible Storage: Case 16, Screen M (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks: Is this a painting, a sculpture, or both? Gertrude Greene is credited with having been the first American artist to create completely abstract wood reliefs such as this one. She was a founder (in 1936) of American Abstract Artists, an organization that promoted the work of American artists who felt that their art was overshadowed by their more famous European contemporaries.