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Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Catalogue
- Year
- 1928
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 19.3 x 16.6 cm (7 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.) Frame: 17 x 14 in.
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- César Domela
Artist

Printmaking
César Domela was a Dutch abstract artist and pioneer of constructivism who worked across painting, sculpture, and graphic design from the early twentieth century onwards. His geometric compositions employed primary colors, clean lines, and industrial materials to articulate utopian modernist ideals. Active in avant-garde movements including De Stijl's orbit and later constructivist circles, Domela developed a rigorous formal language that bridged European abstraction and functionalist design principles. His work maintained fidelity to geometric reduction and spatial clarity throughout a career spanning nearly a century.
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- César Domela
- Year
- 1928
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 19.3 x 16.6 cm (7 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.) Frame: 17 x 14 in.
- Watts ID
- WW-1928-156128
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified

