Mainline by Gerson August Leiber

Mainline by Gerson August Leiber

Mainline

Gerson August Leiber

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Title

Mainline

 
Artist
Year
1967  
Technique
engraving, mixed media intaglio 
Image Size
14 3/4 x 8 3/4" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
around 250 
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated after signature 
Reference
Associated American Artists (AAA) 1420 
Paper
cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Associated American Artists (AAA) 
Inventory ID
13744 
Price
$300.00 
Description

A straightforward, nearly flat piece that nevertheless jumps with movement, Gerson August Leiber’s “Mainline” is simple in concept: just a telephone pole and its lines stretched up and out against a flat white space, hardly worth capturing, with a low horizon portrayed as a jumble of trestle limbs and more telephone poles. Yet the entire composition is alive with energetic, zigzagged lines bouncing around the intersecting components, suggesting connection and communication, and reading almost like a musical score.

 
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