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Invader

1973

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names

Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

The image displays bold black brushstrokes and textured grey areas forming an irregular rectangular shape in the center. Lighter cloud-like formations surround the central dark mass. At the bottom, there is a semicircular dark shape with scattered small circles. The composition plays with light and dark, solid and void.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Gift of the Artist
Accession Number

1974.98.2
Catalogue Raisonné

Flint 1976, no. 117

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1976

Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 117.

Wikidata ID

Q65570871

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