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Graphic Sheet 4-II

1966

Karel Malich

Associated Names

Karel Malich

Artist, Czech, born 1924

The image features several diagonal and parallel lines on a textured, neutral background. This abstract composition includes intersecting lines, reminiscent of a minimalist map or the string of an instrument. Groupings of parallel lines appear in the top left and bottom right corners, somewhat resembling a dense cluster of fine hairs or rows of stitches. A single, bold diagonal line crosses the page.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint
Credit Line

Gift of the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection
Dimensions

image: 21.2 x 44.6 cm (8 3/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
sheet: 33.7 x 51.4 cm (13 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2002.50.77

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Anne Baruch, Chicago; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Z. Baruch

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: K. Malich 66; lower left: 7/30; verso in graphite by later hand: graphic sheet 4-II 1974.975

Wikidata ID

Q76346893

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