Past Exhibition

Contemporary American Prints and Drawings

The image features an abstract composition of jagged and curved lines intertwined with geometric shapes, forming a lively scene. Dominating the center is a large swirling form in green and orange, surrounded by smaller rectangles, triangles, and dynamic scribbles. These shapes are scattered, overlapping, and intertwined throughout the canvas, creating a sense of movement. The use of vibrant reds, greens, blues, and yellows adds to the abstract nature of the image. The composition is bounded by a light background.
Hans Hofmann, Bird Flight, 1943, colored crayons and black felt-tip pen, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1976.56.56

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    East Building, Upper Level, West Bridge (6,000 sq. ft.)
The image features an abstract composition of jagged and curved lines intertwined with geometric shapes, forming a lively scene. Dominating the center is a large swirling form in green and orange, surrounded by smaller rectangles, triangles, and dynamic scribbles. These shapes are scattered, overlapping, and intertwined throughout the canvas, creating a sense of movement. The use of vibrant reds, greens, blues, and yellows adds to the abstract nature of the image. The composition is bounded by a light background.
Hans Hofmann, Bird Flight, 1943, colored crayons and black felt-tip pen, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1976.56.56

Overview: 120 examples of American graphics of the period from 1940 to 1980 were selected entirely from the Gallery's collection. This survey included recent gifts and purchases.

Attendance: 194,966

Brochure: Contemporary Prints and Drawings 1940-1980, by Andrew Robison. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1981.

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