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Imaginative Design XV

1993

Jan Berdyszak

Associated Names

Jan Berdyszak

Artist, Polish, born 1934

The image displays sharp, angular shapes and lines contrasting with horizontal divisions of color. The abstract composition presents a silhouette resembling mountains or sails in a sea. Dark and muted hues dominate, transitioning from black to a gradient of red and gray in the middle.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph in brown on black paper
Credit Line

Gift of Gerald Cerny
Dimensions

overall: 70 x 92.5 cm (27 9/16 x 36 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1999.116.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gerald Cerny, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Cerny, Gerald

Inscriptions

by artist, in graphite across top: JAN / BER / DYS / ZAK; 1993; project pour l'imaginaire XV 23/28

Wikidata ID

Q75429109

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