Composition, c. 1939

Not on View

Medium

etching in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 14.5 x 15 cm (5 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

sheet: 29.5 x 24.7 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

Accession Number

1976.23.1

Artists / Makers

Adolph Gottlieb (artist) American, 1903 - 1974

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Inscription

by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: up (arrow) / "Composition" / etching by / Adolph Gottlieb / 43 West 55th Street N.Y. City / Artists' Gallery; lower left verso in graphite: D7AKBHH

Marks and Labels

stamp in black ink, lower center verso: The Artists' Gallery N.Y.C.

Provenance

(sale, David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1976.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

2006: Adolph Gottlieb: Early Prints, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 7 Nov 2006 - 7 Jan 2007; Milwaukee Art Museum, 24 May 2007 - 19 Aug 2007; The University of Memphis Art Museum, 8 Sept 2007 - 20 Oct 2007; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 3 Feb 2008 - 15 Apr 2008.

Bibliography

2006: Field, Richard. Adolph Gottlieb: Early Prints. (Exh. cat. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 2006-2007; Milwaukee Art museum, 2007, The University of memphis Art Museum, 2007; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 2008). New York, 2006.