Awakening

Awakening

Charles SeligerWW-1988-M057843

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Year
1988
Medium
Etching

Artist

Charles Seliger
Charles Seliger

Drawing

Charles Seliger was an American painter and sculptor whose abstract work emerged from postwar geometric and organic vocabularies. Working primarily in oil and mixed media, he developed intricate compositions that balanced mathematical precision with biomorphic forms, creating surfaces of substantial visual density. His practice spanned six decades without major institutional retrospectives, yet his rigorous formal investigations maintained a consistent philosophical commitment to the interaction of color, line, and spatial illusion.

New York City, NY, USA

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Bird

Bird

1955 · Graphite and red and brown Conté crayon, with orange and yellow pencil, on ivory wove paper

WW-1955-129374
Natural History: Form within Rock

Natural History: Form within Rock

1946 · Oil on canvas

WW-1946-M068708

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Year
1988
Medium
Etching
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WW-1988-M057843

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Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Charles Seliger

Charles Seliger

Drawing

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