Poetic Electricity #1

1970

Aris Koutroulis American, 1938-2013

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About the Artwork

Title Poetic Electricity #1

Artwork Date 1970

Artist Aris Koutroulis

Life Dates 1938-2013

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 72 × 120 inches (182.9 × 304.8 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of Dr. Frederick J. Cummings

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F1984.91

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1984-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Aris Koutroulis, Poetic Electricity #1, 1970, acrylic on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Frederick J. Cummings, F1984.91.

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Bach The Line - A Pictorial Interpr

Multiple makers

1964 or 1965

No Available Image

Six and Six

Multiple makers

1965

Flight

Aris Koutroulis

1968

Untitled

Aris Koutroulis

1975

Brown Green

Aris Koutroulis

1977

Gravity Splash

Multiple makers

1982

Kosmo-Spectrum V

Aris Koutroulis

ca. 1969

Insertion Band

American

early 20th century

No Available Image

Pattern and Sample Book for Girl's Clothing

Mary Cummings

between 1910 and 1935

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Scarf

American

1925

No Available Image

Pink Bouquet

Anonymous

1928

No Available Image

Coat

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

American

c. 1947

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Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Bach The Line - A Pictorial Interpr

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