Boris Margo

Radar Outpost [State I]

1947

Surreal monochrome abstract composition showing tangled organic and mechanical shapes across a textured background.
Surreal monochrome abstract composition showing tangled organic and mechanical shapes across a textured background.

Boris Margo, Radar Outpost [State I], 1947. Etching and engraving, sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 1/4 in. (45.6 × 54 cm) Plate: 14 13/16 × 17 3/4 in. (37.6 × 45.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Murray Zimiles 2002.522

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Date
1947

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 1/4 in. (45.6 × 54 cm) Plate: 14 13/16 × 17 3/4 in. (37.6 × 45.1 cm)

Accession number
2002.522

Edition
Edition unknown | First state

Publication
Printed by Boris Margo

Credit line
Gift of Murray Zimiles

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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