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Plate 2 (folio 14) from PLANCHES DE SALUT

Louis MarcoussisWW-1930-M024031

1930·Etching, engraving, and drypoint, printed in black·plate 7 15/16 x 9 7/16" (20.2 x 24 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1930
Medium: Etching, engraving, and drypoint, printed in black
Dimensions: plate 7 15/16 x 9 7/16" (20.2 x 24 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Louis Marcoussis

Artist

Louis Marcoussis

Printmaking

Louis Marcoussis was a Polish-born painter and printmaker who developed a rigorous, geometric approach to cubism between the 1910s and 1940s. Working primarily in oil and etching, he constructed fragmented still lifes and figures using interlocking planes of muted color, distinguished by a disciplined linearity that set his work apart from more expressionistic cubist variants. His prints, particularly his etchings, became a significant body of work in their own right. Marcoussis's practice bridged early modernism and a more controlled formal investigation of cubist principles.

Paris, France

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