Frederick Kiesler

Study for a Galaxy

1929

A collage featuring abstract geometric shapes and a small, detailed drawing of a human figure. The composition includes a large triangle with a blue and a beige section at the top, a vertical red stripe, and a black rectangle with a white and red semicircle on top. Below, there's a small black square with a colorful sketch of a person holding a yellow rod, next to a yellow square. The background is an aged, off-white paper with rough edges.
A collage featuring abstract geometric shapes and a small, detailed drawing of a human figure. The composition includes a large triangle with a blue and a beige section at the top, a vertical red stripe, and a black rectangle with a white and red semicircle on top. Below, there's a small black square with a colorful sketch of a person holding a yellow rod, next to a yellow square. The background is an aged, off-white paper with rough edges.

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Date
1929

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 29 11/16 × 22 1/4in. (75.4 × 56.5 cm) Mount (Sheet): 29 11/16 × 22 1/4in. (75.4 × 56.5 cm)

Accession number
88.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna

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Frederick Kiesler
16 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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