abstract (general art genre)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Persons and Places: 25 Years of Drawings by Spencer Macky, October 4-November 16, 1952
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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, a retrospective exhibition of 60 drawings and sketches by American artist Spencer Macky. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span six folders.
Dates:
October 4-November 16, 1952
Prints by Stanley William Hayter and Helen Phillips, May 12-June 17, 1956
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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 50 prints by American artist couple Stanley William Hayter and Helen Phillips. The exhibition records span four folders plus a catalog and photographs.
Dates:
May 12-June 17, 1956