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Where Art Meets Math

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but viewers don’t need a background in math to appreciate the completed pieces. Other mathematical works and figures from across the Smithsonian are in the mix. 


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Sun Mathematics

Homage to the Square--White Line-Black

Key Blue (from series, the Mathematical Basis of the Arts)

A painting with different sized squares layered on top of each other in orange and red tones

Homage to the Square: Glow

Honor Pythagoras, Per I--Per VI

Trees (from series, the Mathematical Basis of the Arts)

Homage to the Square--Insert

Mathematics and Music (chickadee on tree branch)

Green Squares (from series, the Mathematical Basis of the Arts)

Two Triangles Dihedral

Homage to the Square: Arrived

Homage to the Square--Patina

Mathematics

Homage to the Square: Golden Gate

Homage to the Square--Full

Homage to the Square--White Line-Purple

Homage to the Square: Elected II

Study for "Homage to the Square: Nacre"

Agnes Meyer

Homage to the Square: Tuscany

Blue Gray Violet Wheel (from series, the Mathematical Basis of the Arts)

Homage to the Square--Equivocal

Homage to the Square--Joy

Triangle

Homage to the Square--Reserved

Homage to the Square--Shielded

Homage to the Square--Wide Light

Circles, Triangles and Squares

Homage to the Square--Thaw

Homage to the Square--Aura

Homage to the Square--Tenuous

Triangles

Homage to the Square: Midday

Homage to the Square: Yellow and Ochre

Homage to the Square: Blue Reminding


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