Barbara Olmsted

Memory of the Dark
c. 1941

A black and white abstract artwork featuring a complex interplay of swirling and flowing shapes and lines that create a dynamic sense of movement and depth. The composition is framed within a border, and there is a visible signature or mark at the bottom right corner.

A black and white abstract artwork featuring a complex interplay of swirling and flowing shapes and lines that create a dynamic sense of movement and depth. The composition is framed within a border, and there is a visible signature or mark at the bottom right corner.

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Date
c. 1941

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 14 3/4in. (31.4 × 37.5 cm) Image: 9 3/16 × 10 15/16in. (23.3 × 27.8 cm)

Accession number
2021.124

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Susan Stockton and Chris Walther

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/65011

Exhibitions

Labyrinth of Forms:
Women and Abstraction, 1930–1950

Oct 9, 2021–Mar 13, 2022

Barbara Olmsted
1 work in the collection

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