Untitled
1945
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
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Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker.
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1945 ink by Adolph Gottlieb, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a grid of odd, floating shapes. Some look like faces or bodies, others like tangled lines or swirls. The lines are dark and scratchy, with some areas filled in with gray tones. The whole thing feels like a puzzle—no clear background, just shapes bumping into each other. The artist signed it "Adolph Gottlieb," and the title is just "Pictograph." The marks suggest it was made by pressing ink into metal, then scraping or wiping parts away. Look up etching to see how artists like this make prints with acid and needles.
Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker.
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