Post-Surreal Configuration: Biological Symphony

1939 (published 1972)

Lorser Feitelson

Associated Names
Lorser Feitelson

Artist, American, 1898 - 1978

The image features an array of curved and angular shapes intermingling in an abstract composition. Large, sweeping curves resemble the human form, with the suggestion of legs and feet, intertwined within a landscape of jagged, rock-like structures. The angular lines create a contrast against the softer, rounded forms, evoking a dynamic and monumental scene. In the background, a figure is depicted with a hint of muscular definition, adding a sense of scale against the other massive shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.8 × 43.82 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 × 51.44 cm (15 × 20 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1986; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Feitelson / 1939; lower left in graphite: 14/20; lower center in graphite: "Post Surreal Configuration": Biological Symphony"; lower right in graphite: Lorser Feitelson

Wikidata ID

Q77015394

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