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Irene Rice Pereira Boat Composite 1932 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Sketch for Machine Composition #2 ca. 1936 drawing Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Irene Rice Pereira Machine Composition #2 1937 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Irene Rice Pereira Abstract Composition ca. 1938 drawing Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Black and White 1940 gouache and ink on board Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Quadrangels in Two Planes 1945 oil on glass, mounted on panel Art Institute of Chicago |
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Irene Rice Pereira Rose Planes 1945 oil on vellum Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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Irene Rice Pereira Transversion 1946 oil on glass, mounted on panel Phillips Collection, Washington DC |
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Irene Rice Pereira Composition 1948 drawing Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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Irene Rice Pereira Oblique Progression 1948 oil, enamel and ink on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Evaporating Night 1951 oil on canvas Dallas Museum of Art |
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Irene Rice Pereira Heart of Light 1954 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Landscape of the Absolute 1955 oil and enamel on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Irene Rice Pereira Midnight Sun before 1959 oil on canvas Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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Irene Rice Pereira The Celestial Gate Sways on the Ringing Swells 1961 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Irene Rice Pereira Heart of Flame before 1971 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Irene Rice Pereira Vertical Flow before 1971 oil on canvas Phillips Collection, Washington DC |
from Kostas Tympakianákis
The girl I loved left me for a Rhodiot.
I should be broken-hearted but it's strange, I'm not.
Take me with you when you sail next week,
You'll see a different cosmos through the eyes of a Greek.
Or write my story down for people. Use my name.
And may it bring you all the wealth and fame
It hasn't brought its bearer. Here, let's drink our wine!
Who could have imagined such a life as mine?
– James Merrill (1969)