Untitled from the portfolio Charades
1965 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs
composition (irreg.): 14 × 11 5/16" (35.5 × 28.8 cm); sheet: 14 × 11 1/8" (35.6 × 28.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jacob Landau
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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Recent Painting U.S.A.: The Figure
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962
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PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
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Jacob Landau was an American painter and printmaker born in 1917 whose work emerged in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a figural practice rooted in social observation and psychological intensity. His compositions often featured solitary or grouped figures rendered with expressionistic force, addressing themes of urban life and human vulnerability. Landau maintained a studio-based practice throughout his career, contributing significantly to American printmaking traditions of the mid-twentieth century.
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