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Untitled (Abstraction with Head and Mills College)

1933

Sidney Joseph

Associated Names

Sidney Joseph

Artist, American, 1876 - 1950

The image displays geometric shapes and angular lines intersecting and overlapping to form an abstract composition. The artwork resembles a person's head and shoulders, using sharp edges and fragmented forms akin to a faceted sculpture or crystalline structure. Dark shapes create suggestions of eyes, a nose, and lips, providing familiar facial features in an abstract manner.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 247 x 229 mm
sheet: 292 x 266 mm
mount: 383 x 323 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2725

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Signed: Joseph on litho plate, lower left; Joseph./33 in pencil, lower right

Wikidata ID

Q76455355

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