Landscape / Adolph Gottlieb
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- Accession Number
- 1968/1.81
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Adolph Gottlieb
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1974)
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- Object Creation Date
- 1952
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Florence L. Stol
- Style/Group/Movement
- abstract
- Inscription
- Signed at l.l. with the initials: A.G.; also signed and dated on reverse: Adolphe Gottlieb 1952
- Dimensions
- 27.9 cm x 34.3 cm (11 in. x 13 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- A landscape reduced to minimal abstract elements. The lower half of the painting is black. The upper half, various shades of white and blue. Two black squares are suspended in the white above the black. A small pale blue circle is between the squares.
- Subject Matter
- One of Gottlieb's Imaginary Landscapes. The landscape reduced to basic conceptual elements, allowing the work to resonate between representation and pure minimalist abstraction. Interested in mythology, Carl Jung, and indigenous art, Gottlieb hoped to show "the emotional truth of the landscape."
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- color-field
- landscapes
- landscapes (representations)
- minimal
- natural landscapes
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- sky
- spirituality
- sun
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- landscapes (environments)
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
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- religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1135 x 941
- File Size
- 124 KB
- Record
- 1968/1.81
- Link to this Item
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"Landscape; Adolph Gottlieb." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-1.81/1968_1.81.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.