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Painting by Frank Piatek, Untitled (small X painting), acrylic on canvas, 1967. The painting illustrates an early stage of Frank Piatek's work in the late 1960s, when he gained national and local recognition while an undergraduate at the School of the Art Institute for shaped canvasses (e.g., in the forms of a wave, "X," or upside-down "U"), featuring stripes or tubes that followed the contours of the canvas edge. This work and similar works were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Frank Piatek. Copyright held by the artist.

Frank Piatek

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a very early stage and body of work in Frank Piatek's career: his shaped canvasses (e.g., in the forms of a wave, "X," or upside-down "U") of the late 1960s, featuring stripes or tubes that followed the contours of the canvas edge, for which he gained national and local recognition while an undergraduate at the School of the Art Institute. These works were significant for reference to and break with Frank Stella's minimalist stripe paintings, manifested by Piatek's use of chiaroscuro modeling and illusionistic space rather which did not affirm the flatness of the picture plane. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key developmental phase in his work, which led to Piatek's signature tubular paintings, its reception and its impact. Piatek's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Frank Piatek, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.