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Black and white, black lines, forms on white ground.
(Untitled)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

(Untitled)

Artist Jimmy Ernst (American, 1920 - 1984)
Datec. 1982
MediumIntaglio on paper
Dimensionsimage: 15 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (39.7 x 50.2 cm)
sheet: 22 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (56.5 x 66.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dallas Ernst
Object number1998.6.4
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white, black lines, forms on white ground.
A completely dark, monochromatic black landscape. A thick horizontal band of vertical lines of grasses spans the center. Above it, a distant silhouetted tree line with a central body of water.
Sea of grass
Jimmy Ernst
1983
Flying bird, leaves and branches scattered across image, transparent light blue lines and geometric shapes cover the surface.
Peredellino
Jimmy Ernst
1982
Black on black, form designated by change in surface gloss and texture, but entire piece is black, at top is a darker circle of black, presumably the sun, the landscape is a of vertical and horizontal grasses, tree-shapes on the horizon line.
Sea Grass I
Jimmy Ernst
1982
Non-objective organic forms in two rectangles in colored inks with some line sketched around the rectangular forms.
L'op L'op
Max Ernst
1959-1961
Collage-style print featuring a stenciled "A", red geometric shapes, a white heart outline, and handwritten papers against a textured, dark background. White tape forms an "X" above a black border reading "OPEN THIS END" in stenciled text.
Cooter
Conner Everts
1990
A black-and-white print featuring a rough, stylized human head and shoulders. A thick, dark tree trunk with a dense, cloudy canopy grows directly out from the top of the figure's head.
The Magic Tree
Robert Ernst Marx
1969
A monochrome print featuring a densely scribbled, depiction of a face positioned above a solid, dark, sloping shape.
untitled
Robert Ernst Marx
1969
A black and white print showing four outlined shoes at the top above the letters V, X, and E. The middle features dense, scratchy lines and a large V. The bottom depicts dark silhouettes of five walking figures.
Shoes
Jiri Balcar
1968
Abstract print with textured teal areas flanking a central vertical textured purple area. A horizontal, jagged cluster of grey and white forms radiates outward across the middle.
The Nest
Denji Noma
1963
A print centered on a dense, chaotic cluster of overlapping thick black lines. A faint horizontal line crosses near the top edge beside the number. The surrounding area contains light diagonal lines resembling folds in paper and scattered dark smudges.
Sign IV
Jiri Balcar
1962
Black-and-white print made of loose, scratchy lines. The composition features a dense, horizontal cluster of tree-like forms.
Untitled
Jean B. Thompson
undated
Print with abstract forms on a deep red background. A large, textured black mass covers the right side. Irregular, jagged white shapes streak horizontally across the left. Small accents include a brown oval, thin green lines, and a yellow dash.
Tintagel
Lee R. Chesney II
1990

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