Adolph Gottlieb

The Frozen Sounds, Number 1
1951

This is an abstract painting featuring a textured white background with four geometric shapes along the top: two black rectangles, a red circle, and a red rectangle. Below is a brown and black area with rough, abstract figures that resemble primitive cave drawings. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

This is an abstract painting featuring a textured white background with four geometric shapes along the top: two black rectangles, a red circle, and a red rectangle. Below is a brown and black area with rough, abstract figures that resemble primitive cave drawings. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1951

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 36 3/16 × 48 3/16in. (91.9 × 122.4 cm)

Accession number
57.3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kootz

Rights and reproductions
© Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/2290

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Adolph Gottlieb
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