1962
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
Σπουδή για το Γράμμα Β (IV) is a 1962 by Chryssa (Vardea-Mavromichali), held at Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
The drawing shows the letter "B" broken into sharp, jagged lines and dots, like a puzzle scattered across the page. Chryssa made this while living in New York, where she started collecting scraps of printed text from streets and newspapers. She was drawn to how letters looked as shapes, not just symbols with meaning. This piece is part of a series where she pulled letters apart, focusing on their structure instead of their sound. Look up the technique: cross-hatching, stippling.
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (Greek: Χρυσά Βαρδέα-Μαυρομιχάλη; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media.
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