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Untitled
1966 · Ink, watercolor, and charcoal on mulberry paper
24 5/8 x 19 3/4" (62.3 x 501. cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Herbert Ferber
?–1991
Sculpture
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25
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29
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Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Prints by Sculptors
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975
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A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969–1970
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The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Herbert Ferber was an American sculptor known for welded-metal abstract forms that emerged from postwar modernism. Working primarily in steel and bronze, he developed a vocabulary of open, gestural structures that emphasized space as an active compositional element rather than mere void. His practice bridged constructivist principles with expressionist handling, creating works that read as both architectural and organic. Ferber's sculptures were exhibited internationally and remain central to mid-century American abstraction.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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