Painting - Square Root Of Pi - 0.00001
- Description
- This oil painting on masonite, #91 in the series, uses the same construction as that of painting #52 (see 1979.1093.35). Crockett Johnson's construction leads to a square with side approximately equal to 1.772435, which differs from the square root of pi by less than 0.00001, as the title states. Thus, a square with this side would have an area approximately equal to 3.1415258.
- Unlike painting #52 (1979.1093.35), the circle of this work is divided into four quadrants. Crockett Johnson chose darker shades and lighter tints of pink to illustrate his figure, which appear bold juxtaposed against the black background. The triangle executed in the lightest tint of pink and the shape executed in white with a pink tip adjoin the horizontal line segment that has an approximate length of the square root of pi.
- This painting was completed in 1972, is unsigned, and has a wooden frame accented with chrome. On the back is an inscription, partly obscured, that reads: - 0.00001 (/) Crockett Johnson 1972.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- painting
- date made
- 1972
- painter
- Johnson, Crockett
- Physical Description
- masonite (substrate material)
- wood (frame material)
- metal (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 25 in x 1 5/16 in; 63.5 cm x 63.5 cm x 3.29997 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.1093.60
- catalog number
- 1979.1093.60
- accession number
- 1979.1093
- subject
- Art
- Science & Mathematics
- Crockett Johnson
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Crockett Johnson
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Ruth Krauss in memory of Crockett Johnson
- Additional Media
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