Hugo Gellert

Stake in the Commonwealth
1935

A black and white illustration featuring an abstract composition with organic shapes and textures. On the left, there is a series of rounded forms that resemble a braid or a stack of clouds. To the right, a detailed drawing of a human leg from thigh to ankle, adorned with a bracelet, is juxtaposed against a sharp geometric shape. In the bottom left corner, there are cylindrical shapes with visible end grain, suggesting cut logs. The artist's signature, "HUGO GELLERT," is visible in the lower right corner.

A black and white illustration featuring an abstract composition with organic shapes and textures. On the left, there is a series of rounded forms that resemble a braid or a stack of clouds. To the right, a detailed drawing of a human leg from thigh to ankle, adorned with a bracelet, is juxtaposed against a sharp geometric shape. In the bottom left corner, there are cylindrical shapes with visible end grain, suggesting cut logs. The artist's signature, "HUGO GELLERT," is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1935

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 × 15in. (48.3 × 38.1 cm) Image: 14 × 12in. (35.6 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
99.22.2

Series
Comrade Gulliver

Edition
Edition Unknown

Publication
Published by Hugo Gellert

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mary Ryan

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Hugo Gellert, courtesy Mary Ryan Gallery, New York

API
artworks/12104

Exhibitions

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Hugo Gellert
87 works in the collection

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