Manierre Dawson’s abstract paintings and sculptures incorporate simplified mathematical and geometric shapes, such as hyperbolas, parabolas, and circles, into muted, non-representational compositions. Non-objective and lacking any central subject matter, his works often suggest fragmented landscapes or the movement of the human body, paralleling the work of contemporaries Marcel Duchamp and Umberto Boccioni. Dawson is considered one of the pioneers of American abstraction. Later in his career he would become an early experimenter with mixed-media sculpture, working in laminated particleboard, wood composites, and found materials.