Boris Margo

Genetic Field #2
1946

This is an abstract artwork featuring a combination of etched lines and colored shapes against a gradient background that transitions from orange to gray. Two prominent, irregularly shaped green forms with white outlines are centered on the canvas, surrounded by delicate, sketch-like lines that suggest mechanical or organic forms. The piece has a dreamlike, surreal quality, and there are handwritten inscriptions along the bottom edge.

This is an abstract artwork featuring a combination of etched lines and colored shapes against a gradient background that transitions from orange to gray. Two prominent, irregularly shaped green forms with white outlines are centered on the canvas, surrounded by delicate, sketch-like lines that suggest mechanical or organic forms. The piece has a dreamlike, surreal quality, and there are handwritten inscriptions along the bottom edge.

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Date
1946

Classification
Prints

Medium
Cellocut

Dimensions
Image: 15 9/16 × 21in. (39.5 × 53.4 cm)

Accession number
2003.38

Edition
7/25

Publication
Printed by Boris Margo

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Murray Zimiles

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/17953

Boris Margo
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