Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color
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"Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color" is a seminal 1921 triptych by Russian Constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko that reduces painting to three monochrome canvases in primary colors as a radical statement on the end of traditional easel art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6595294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color Context triple: [Alexander Rodchenko, notableWork, Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color]
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A.
Blue Green Red
Blue Green Red is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, characterized by its bold, flat fields of primary colors arranged in simple geometric forms.
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B.
Primary Colors
Primary Colors is a 1998 political comedy-drama film, directed by Mike Nichols and based on Joe Klein’s novel, that satirizes a Southern governor’s presidential campaign.
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C.
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a 1930 primary-color grid painting by Dutch De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his mature abstract style of intersecting black lines and rectangular color fields.
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D.
Orange, Red, Yellow
"Orange, Red, Yellow" is a 1961 abstract expressionist painting by Mark Rothko, featuring luminous stacked color fields that exemplify his mature style and emotional use of color.
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E.
Yellow‑Red‑Blue
Yellow‑Red‑Blue is a 1925 abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that exemplifies his use of geometric forms and bold primary colors to explore the emotional and spiritual effects of color and composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color Target entity description: "Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color" is a seminal 1921 triptych by Russian Constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko that reduces painting to three monochrome canvases in primary colors as a radical statement on the end of traditional easel art.
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A.
Blue Green Red
Blue Green Red is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, characterized by its bold, flat fields of primary colors arranged in simple geometric forms.
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B.
Primary Colors
Primary Colors is a 1998 political comedy-drama film, directed by Mike Nichols and based on Joe Klein’s novel, that satirizes a Southern governor’s presidential campaign.
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C.
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a 1930 primary-color grid painting by Dutch De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his mature abstract style of intersecting black lines and rectangular color fields.
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D.
Orange, Red, Yellow
"Orange, Red, Yellow" is a 1961 abstract expressionist painting by Mark Rothko, featuring luminous stacked color fields that exemplify his mature style and emotional use of color.
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E.
Yellow‑Red‑Blue
Yellow‑Red‑Blue is a 1925 abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that exemplifies his use of geometric forms and bold primary colors to explore the emotional and spiritual effects of color and composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
triptych ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | post-Revolution Russian art ⓘ |
| artist | Alexander Rodchenko ⓘ |
| artisticIntent |
radical statement on the end of traditional easel painting
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reduction of painting to pure color ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian avant-garde
ⓘ
end of painting debates ⓘ |
| canvasType | stretched canvas ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderWithinTriptych | red-yellow-blue sequence ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinArtistCareer | early 1920s phase of Rodchenko ⓘ |
| colorCategory | primary colors ⓘ |
| colorUsed |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| creator | Alexander Rodchenko ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Soviet Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Union
|
| depicts | pure color fields ⓘ |
| displayFormat | triptych arrangement ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
ⓘ
monochrome painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pure Blue Color
ⓘ
Pure Red Color ⓘ Pure Yellow Color ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | seminal work of Russian Constructivism ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Constructivist theory
ⓘ
abandonment of illusionistic space ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English translation of original Russian title ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Constructivism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conceptual challenge to traditional painting
ⓘ
elimination of figurative imagery ⓘ use of only three primary colors ⓘ |
| numberOfCanvases | 3 ⓘ |
| philosophicalStatement | declaration of the end of painting as traditionally understood ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
formalism in painting
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non-representational art ⓘ reductionism in art ⓘ |
| style | geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | non-objective ⓘ |
| surfaceTreatment | monochrome ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Subject: Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color Description of subject: "Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color" is a seminal 1921 triptych by Russian Constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko that reduces painting to three monochrome canvases in primary colors as a radical statement on the end of traditional easel art.
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