Installation View, *3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint, and Agnes Martin*, The Drawing Center, New York. March 19 - May 21, 2005.

Hilma af Klint drawing: two small triangles at the top, each containing a circle divided into pink, yellow, and lavender segments with concentric ring shading. Below, a large black triangle contains a golden-yellow outlined circle. Faint pencil inscriptions appear in the upper left corner. — Hilma af Klint, featured artwork, *3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint, and Agnes Martin*. The Hilma af Klint Foundation.

Hilma af Klint drawing with two square compositions. Upper left: a black square with an X dividing it into four triangles, containing a small circle split into black and white halves. Lower right: a blue-toned square with a green border, also divided by an X into four triangles, containing a circle divided into orange and white quadrants. Handwritten pencil text appears between the two squares. — Hilma af Klint, featured artwork, *3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint, and Agnes Martin*. The Hilma af Klint Foundation.

Installation view of a gallery corner with two adjoining white walls. The left wall displays four framed drawings of varying sizes. The right wall displays nine framed drawings evenly spaced at the same height. Light hardwood flooring and a small wall label are visible in the lower right. — Installation View, *3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint, and Agnes Martin*, The Drawing Center, New York. March 19 - May 21, 2005.

Featured artwork, *3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint, and Agnes Martin*.

This major touring historical exhibition, co-curated by Catherine de Zegher and Hendel Teicher, presented the work of three pioneering women artists: Hilma af Klint (Sweden, 1862–1944), Emma Kunz (Switzerland, 1892–1963), and Agnes Martin (Canada/U.S., 1912–2004). These three artists, each from a different generation spanning the last one hundred years, approached geometric abstraction not as formalism, but as a means of visualizing philosophical, scientific, and transcendental ideas. 3 x Abstraction introduced the work of af Klint and Kunz—which had been eclipsed for so long—and revisited Martin's work from a new perspective.

Featured Artists

Emma Kunz
Hilma af Klint
Agnes Martin

Installation Photography

Artworks

Hilma af Klint, *The Mahatmas Present Standing Point, Series II, No. 2a*, 1920. Oil and graphite on canvas. 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (37.1 x 26.9 cm). The Hilma af Klint Foundation.

Exhibition Checklist

Ephemera

Two-panel spread of a folded exhibition brochure showing the front and back cover on top, and the inside spread on the bottom, with drawings, text, and program information.

Press

Credits

3 x Abstraction was made possible with major support from Altria Group, Inc. and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support was provided by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, The Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, The Consulate General of Sweden, The Richard Florsheim Art Fund, and The Earle I. Mack Foundation, Inc. Additional support for the publication was provided by The Getty Grant Program and the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation.