Landscape / Adolph Gottlieb

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Accession Number
1968/1.81
Title
Landscape
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 2
United States (nation)
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."
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1135 x 941
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Record
1968/1.81
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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.
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