Untitled

1967

Ibram Lassaw

Associated Names
Ibram Lassaw

Artist, American, 1913 - 2003

The image displays a series of interconnected, bold black shapes with voids, creating an abstract pattern on a plain background. The shapes resemble stylized pipes or fragmented circuit boards arranged vertically and horizontally. They could also be seen as machinery parts or simplified urban maps. The negative spaces balance the bold lines, prompting viewers to make their own visual connections.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 209, no. 1409.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Ibram Lassaw 1967

Wikidata ID

Q64574785

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