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Figure Evolving into Magical Forms

1946

Lorser Feitelson

Associated Names

Lorser Feitelson

Artist, American, 1898 - 1978

The image displays swirling and angular lines creating an abstract composition. Central shapes resemble cloaked figures with hooded forms suggesting human faces. To the right are elongated shapes resembling birds or sculpted tools. The lines vary in thickness, and hatching is used for shading and depth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and ink on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Tobey C. Moss and Allen S. Moss
Dimensions

sheet: 21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)
Accession Number

2022.144.2

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

"Feitelson '46" lower right margin, black ballpoint pen.

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