Untitled
1972 · Color aquatint on white wove paper
Plate: 56.5 × 44.5 cm (22 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 80 × 60 cm (31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Adolph Gottlieb
1903–1974
PaintingAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism
Representation
None documented
24
Institutional Exhibitions
41
Works in Collection
83
Assets Indexed
16
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Abstract Expressionism
- • Expressionism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Tatyana Grosman Gallery Inaugural Installation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Philip Johnson: Selected Gifts
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
About
Why this artist matters now
Adolph Gottlieb developed a distinctive abstract vocabulary combining gestural mark-making with biomorphic forms, working across painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Born in New York in 1903, he emerged as a central figure in abstract expressionism, moving from early figuration through increasingly nonrepresentational work that balanced intuitive gesture with compositional rigor. His paintings often feature energetic linear elements and organic shapes suspended in shallow pictorial space, creating tension between spontaneity and formal control.
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Abstract Expressionism
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Representation & Collections
Gallery
Pace Gallery
In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Background
Education
Parsons School of Design
Visual Arts
Art Students League of New York
Visual Arts
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
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Cooper Union
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