Front cover from Frie Kunstnere , Volume 5
1950 · Lithograph
composition (irreg.): 6 3/16 × 4 7/16" (15.7 × 11.2 cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 1/16" (17 × 12.8 cm)
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Ejler Bille
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Mixed Media
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Ejler Bille was a Danish abstract painter and sculptor whose postwar geometric work prioritized structural clarity and mathematical precision over gestural expression. His non-representational compositions across painting, sculpture, and printmaking developed from systems rooted in natural and mathematical order, employing a restrained palette and clean linear forms. Working in deliberate opposition to the gestural abstraction dominant among his contemporaries, Bille maintained an austere formal language throughout a practice spanning nearly five decades.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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