Boris Margo

May

1949

Abstract print with colorful horizontal bands and scattered floating organic shapes resembling birds.
Abstract print with colorful horizontal bands and scattered floating organic shapes resembling birds.

Boris Margo, May, 1949. Cellocut, sheet (Irregular): 20 1/2 × 25 9/16 in. (52.1 × 65 cm) Image: 16 15/16 × 21 13/16 in. (43 × 55.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Murray Zimiles 2002.507.6

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Date
1949

Classification
Prints

Medium
Cellocut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 20 1/2 × 25 9/16 in. (52.1 × 65 cm) Image: 16 15/16 × 21 13/16 in. (43 × 55.4 cm)

Accession number
2002.507.6

Edition
14/20

Credit line
Gift of Murray Zimiles

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/17901

Part of a series:
The Months
13 works

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