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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Lines1966

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Abstract painting on cream ground with a single thin red horizontal line crossing the upper third, ending at the handwritten word "Lines" in red at the right
Handwritten text in gold ink on a pale, translucent surface, with a single red-orange ruled line at upper left. Multiple lines of cursive script arranged in a centered, list-like format, with a shorter notation in pencil near the bottom center.
Woodblock print in red-orange ink on white paper, featuring dense vertical wood-grain lines across two horizontal registers separated by a narrow white gap, with a small circular void in the lower right panel.
Abstract painting with dense horizontal lines in pale gold and cream across a white ground, with irregular texture and faint cracking along the left edge.
Print or drawing with dense red vertical line hatching across a horizontal rectangular field, traversed by white sinusoidal curves suggesting a wave or smile shape; the word "SMILE" in outlined block letters appears at lower left alongside additional small text
Print in red on white, with dense vertical hatched marks filling most of the composition, interrupted by irregular white gaps suggesting fragmented planes. Looser, curved lines at left contrast with the rigid strokes. Small block lettering reads "SOUL" near the upper center.
Painting in muted white and pale gray tones, with densely layered horizontal lines across the surface. A triangular form and partial rectangular shape emerge subtly at left of center, with wavy linear patterns interspersed throughout.
Drawing or print in red-orange on white, dense horizontal lines suggesting a landscape or water surface, with a rectangular outlined form at center and an irregular white void at upper right. Handwritten text at lower left reads: "I SMILE · THEY GLIDE / I LAUGH THEY BOUNCE / LEAR COMES WITH NONSENSE."
Rectangular panel with dense, fine horizontal lines in pale gold on an off-white ground, lines converging and branching in organic, wood-grain-like patterns across the surface
Abstract composition of densely packed horizontal lines in pale gold on an off-white ground, with irregular undulations and breaks across the surface; faint clustered marks at the lower left edge.
Abstract composition in red-orange on white, with dense horizontal wavy lines across the lower two-thirds, interrupted by an inverted rectangular outline at upper left and a single diagonal stroke at upper right.
Abstract print with red-orange marks on white ground; dense horizontal lines fill the left panel and background, overlaid with a bold zigzag stroke running vertically through the center.
Abstract composition of densely packed horizontal lines in off-white and pale gray across a cream ground, with subtle variations in line weight and a small red mark at the lower right edge.
Abstract composition on a pale cream ground, covered with dense horizontal lines in off-white, with a cluster of irregular angular marks concentrated at the left edge; small red mark visible at lower right corner.

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Maurice Sanchez, Lines II, III, VI, VII, X, XI, 1966, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase with County Funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Title
Lines
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1966
Medium
A book of 12 pages, 6 printed on recto and verso, plus title page, colophon and two pages of end papers.
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 3/8 in. (20.96 × 41.59 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with County Funds
Accession Number
66.7.22-.23
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Fundación Gego

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