Adolph Gottlieb

Voyager's Return
1946

An abstract painting featuring a variety of shapes and figures that resemble faces and symbols, rendered in earthy tones with splashes of red, blue, and white. The composition is divided into sections, each containing different elements such as spirals, geometric shapes, and stylized eyes. The artwork has a primitive or tribal aesthetic and is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.

An abstract painting featuring a variety of shapes and figures that resemble faces and symbols, rendered in earthy tones with splashes of red, blue, and white. The composition is divided into sections, each containing different elements such as spirals, geometric shapes, and stylized eyes. The artwork has a primitive or tribal aesthetic and is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1946

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 3/16 × 20in. (66.5 × 50.8 cm) Frame (Wood): 33 5/16 × 27 3/8 × 1 1/4in. (84.6 × 69.5 × 3.2 cm)

Accession number
51.38

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

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Adolph Gottlieb
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