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Jacob Landau
American, 1917–2001
1965
A portfolio of ten lithographs in which Jacob Landau uses the materiality of ink and paper to suggest hidden narratives through restrained, almost monolithic brown surfaces.
At first glance you see a single, even brown field that feels like dyed cloth, but on closer inspection faint tonal shifts, tiny marks, and paper texture emerge so the image reads as both flat and tactile.
Made in the 1960s, this work exemplifies a turn in printmaking toward pared-down, atmospheric surfaces that invite viewers to supply narrative, expanding lithography’s expressive and tactile possibilities.
Medium
Portfolio of ten lithograps
Dimensions
various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 14 × 11 1/8" (35.6 × 28.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Accession
1564.1967.1-10
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