Untitled
Maryan S. Maryan (Pinchas Burstein)
American, born Poland. 1927–1977
1967
This 1967 lithograph by Maryan S. Maryan shows a contorted, seated figure—bandaged, tattooed, and mid-gesture—through which the artist attempts to externalize bodily trauma and psychic survival.
A stark black field throws the figure into relief: bold, brushy lines, striped limbs, stippled flesh and a carved chair combine so the body reads like an urgent, ritualized performance frozen in mid-cry.
Rooted in postwar expressionism and the artist’s own experiences, this print helped broaden American printmaking’s capacity to convey psychological intensity and to make survivor memory visible in modern art.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
composition (slightly irreg.): 23 3/16 × 17 1/2" (58.9 × 44.4 cm); sheet: 27 5/8 × 21 5/8" (70.2 × 55 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Accession
2019.1967
Palette
Exhibitions
