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The spiritual in art : abstract painting 1890-1985

by Maurice Tuchman, Judi Freeman, Carel Blotkamp, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Originally published to accompany a 1989 exhibition, this volume analyses the connection between early twentieth-century art movements and various mystical, occult, and mathematical theories of the universe.

Accession 2239 ISBN 0789200562 Publisher Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Abbeville Press
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Judi Freeman, Carel Blotkamp, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Maurice Tuchman
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