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Lorser Feitelson
Geomorphic Metaphor1950-1951

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Horizontal abstract painting with hard-edged geometric shapes in deep reddish-brown arranged across a flat cobalt blue ground
Artist or Maker
Lorser Feitelson
United States, 1898-1978
Title
Geomorphic Metaphor
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1950-1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 58 × 82 in. (147.32 × 208.28 cm) Frame: 58 1/4 x 83 x 1 3/4 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. McCray
Accession Number
59.27
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Langsner, Jules. Four Abstract Classicists. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1959.
  • Byrnes, James B. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity: 1953 Annual Exhibition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1953.

  • Lorser Feitelson: a Retrospective Exhibition. Los Angeles: Municipal Art Gallery, 1972.

  • LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.
  • Kim, Woollin, Jinmyung Kim, and Songhyuk Yang, eds. Art Across America. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2013.
  • Painting and Sculpture in California: the Modern Era. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1977.
Copyright
© The Feitelson/Lundeberg Art Foundation