Elise

Quasi Gyroscope
c. 1936

An abstract etching featuring geometric shapes and lines forming a complex, spherical structure with sharp protrusions. The artwork is monochromatic, with black lines on a beige paper. There is a signature and edition number at the bottom, indicating it's the 8th print out of a series of 85.
An abstract etching featuring geometric shapes and lines forming a complex, spherical structure with sharp protrusions. The artwork is monochromatic, with black lines on a beige paper. There is a signature and edition number at the bottom, indicating it's the 8th print out of a series of 85.

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Date
c. 1936

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 11 15/16in. (31.6 × 30.3 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 1/8 × 8 3/8in. (23.2 × 21.3 cm)

Accession number
96.68.95

Edition
24/35

Publication
Printed by Lynton R. Kister

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Elise
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