Untitled
1974
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View on museum website →Medium
paper relief
Dimensions
sheet: 25.72 × 36.83 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
Accession Number
2015.19.2727
Art Historical Context
Michael Goldberg's *Untitled* (1974) is a captivating paper relief, measuring 25.72 × 36.83 cm, that showcases the artist's innovative exploration of texture and form. Created on paper and classified as a drawing, work exemplifies Goldberg's evolution as a second-generation Abstract Expressionist. Active in New York's vibrant postwar art scene alongside figures like Willem de Kooning and Joan Mitchell, Goldberg was known for his bold, gestural paintings in the 1950s and '60s. By the 1970s, he turned to more intimate scales and experimental media, pushing beyond the flat canvas into three-dimen...