Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

Abstract geometric forms with red and yellow shapes intersected by white lines on a brown background.
Abstract geometric forms with red and yellow shapes intersected by white lines on a brown background.

Jimmy Ernst, Calligraphics, Number 2, 1949. Watercolor, and brush, pen and colored ink on paper, sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 in. (56.2 × 40.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 49.6. © Estate of Jimmy Ernst / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955 was curated by David Kiehl.

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