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Towards the Unknown

An abstract painting in greens and blues shows many small, card- or brick-like squares and rectangles merging at bottom and encroaching upon the center from the sides, like a wall trying to close itself, or a wall opening. Beyond these shapes is the suggestion of a hazy green sky with clouds and perhaps more shapes.

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  • An abstract painting in greens and blues shows many small, card- or brick-like squares and rectangles merging at bottom and encroaching upon the center from the sides, like a wall trying to close itself, or a wall opening. Beyond these shapes is the suggestion of a hazy green sky with clouds and perhaps more shapes.

Date:

1950

Artist:

Gunther Gerzso
Mexican, 1915–2000

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Gunther Gerzso

Title

Towards the Unknown

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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1950

Medium

Oil on hardboard

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right, Gerzso 51

Dimensions

71.1 × 50.2 cm (28 × 19 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman

Reference Number

1980.284

Extended information about this artwork

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